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Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Sommaire / Headlines English section ................................................................................... 6 Targeted News Service 20 June 2011 .............................................................................................. 6 2011 CIF Partnership Forum: African Countries Are Ready for CIF Investments ..................... 6 CNBC Africa, 24 June 2011 ............................................................................................................ 7 « Sustainability of a Green Economy », live interview with Hela Cheikhrouhou ...................... 7 The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2011 ................................................................................ 7 Africans planning electric power with climate change in mind .................................................. 7 The Chronicle (Ghana), 4 July 2011 ............................................................................................... 8 Africa: Countries Call for Easy Access to Climate Change Finance .......................................... 8 Energy Tribune (Houston, USA), 29 June 2011 .............................................................................. 9 Women Excluded From Climate Change Projects In Africa....................................................... 9 The Guardian (London), 28 June 2011 ......................................................................................... 11 Women excluded from climate change projects in Africa, UN experts warn ........................... 11 AlertNet (Reuters’ humanitarian news site), 27 June 2011 ........................................................... 12 Gender Indicators for Global Climate Funds Still an Afterthought .......................................... 12 Reuters, 29 June 2011 ................................................................................................................... 14 Inga hydro project on Congo river too risky-AfDB .................................................................. 14 States News Service 24 June 2011 ................................................................................................. 14 The following information was released by the World Bank: ................................................... 14 All Africa, 24 June 2011 ................................................................................................................ 16 Information Session for the Media On Climate Change - African Media Has Crucial Role to Play ............................................................................................................................................ 16 All Africa, 27 June 2011 ................................................................................................................ 17 Clean Energy Development - Opportunity for Local Spinoffs in Africa (AfDB) ..................... 17 All Africa, 27/06/2011 ................................................................................................................... 17 Africa: 'Microfinance Can Help Rural Communities Adapt to Climate Change' ...................... 17 Ghana Business News, 28 June 2011 ............................................................................................ 19 African Development Bank to invest $3.5b in improving energy access in Africa .................. 19 The Pak Banker Daily (Pakistan), 25 June 2011 .......................................................................... 19 African Efforts on Climate Action Get Boost ........................................................................... 19 African Press Organization, 28 June 2011 ................................................................................... 21 Janneh calls for more youth mobilization initiatives on climate change, development ............ 21 The Pak Banker Daily (Pakistan) 27 June 2011 ........................................................................... 22 Clean Energy Development: Opportunity for Local Spinoffs in Africa.................................... 22 Le Groupe de la BAD n’assume aucune responsabilité quant au contenu des articles sélectionnés dans cette revue de presse, destinée exclusivement à l’usage interne du Groupe de la BAD Page 1 sur 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Plus News Pakistan 27 June 2011 ................................................................................................. 23 Clean Energy Development: Opportunity for Local Spinoffs in Africa.................................... 23 Inter Press Service 27 June 2011 by Kristin Palitza ..................................................................... 23 'Microfinance Can Help Rural Communities Adapt to Climate Change' .................................. 23 Inter Press Service 27 June 2011 by Kristin Palitza ..................................................................... 25 Gender Indicators for Global Climate Funds Still an Afterthought .......................................... 25 Inter Press Service 27 June 2011 by Kristin Palitza ..................................................................... 27 Micro Loans Eyed for Renewable Energy Projects ................................................................... 27 AfDB.org, 24 June 2011 ................................................................................................................ 28 Climate Change: Africa is Leading With its Own Plan, Says AfDB ........................................ 28 African Press Organization, 24 June 2011 ................................................................................... 29 Climate Change: Africa is Leading With its Own Plan, Says AfDB ........................................ 29 Silobreaker.com, 24 June 2011 ..................................................................................................... 30 Climate Change: Africa is Leading With its Own Plan, Says AfDB ........................................ 30 HumanitarianNews.org, 24 June 2011 .......................................................................................... 30 Climate Change: Africa is Leading With its Own Plan, Says AfDB ........................................ 30 OrganizedWisdom.com, 24 June 2011 .......................................................................................... 31 Climate Change: Africa is Leading With its Own Plan, Says AfDB ........................................ 31 Pollutionsolutions-online.com, 24 June 2011 ............................................................................... 32 Climate Change: Africa is Leading With its Own Plan, Says AfDB ........................................ 32 Pollutionsolutions-online.com, 24 June 2011 ............................................................................... 32 Climate Change: Africa is Leading With its Own Plan, Says AfDB ........................................ 32 AfriBiz.info, 27 June 2011 ............................................................................................................. 33 Climate Change: Africa is Leading With its Own Plan, Says AfDB ........................................ 33 AllAfrica.com, 24 June 2011 ......................................................................................................... 34 African Efforts on Climate Action Get Boost (AfDB) .............................................................. 34 Haveeru nline ( aldives), 2 June 2011 .................................................................................... 35 CIF to fund renewable energy investments in Maldives ........................................................... 35 I RIA ( aris), 2 June 2011 .......................................................................................................... 36 Maldives Among Six Pilot Countries to Receive CIF´s Funding for Renewable Energy Investments ................................................................................................................................ 36 AllAfrica com - Jun 2 , 2011 ......................................................................................................... 37 Information Session for the Media On Climate Change - African Media Has Crucial Role to Play ............................................................................................................................................ 37 AllAfrica com, 2 June 2011 ......................................................................................................... 38 African Efforts On Climate Action Get Boost (AfDB) ............................................................. 38 ESI-AFRICA.COM 5 July 2011 ..................................................................................................... 39 African leaders plan to launch green fund ................................................................................. 39 Page 2 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 CarbonAsia – 26 June 2011 .......................................................................................................... 40 Summary highlights of the meeting ―Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum‖ ... 40 The Ecosystem Marketplace's Forest Carbon News, 13 June 2011 .............................................. 40 Tracking Terrestrial Carbon ...................................................................................................... 40 Stakeholder Forum, Outreach Bulletin, 25 June 2011 .................................................................. 41 Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum Opens in Cape Town, South Africa ................. 41 Fin24.com (South Africa), 24 June 2011 ....................................................................................... 42 Gordhan: Africa must end reliance on aid ................................................................................. 42 CityPress.co.za (South Africa), 24 June 2011 ............................................................................... 43 Gordhan calls for rethinking of African development trajectory .............................................. 43 EngineeringNews.co.za (South Africa), 24 June 2011 .................................................................. 44 Reformulate African development trajectory – Gordhan .......................................................... 44 South African Press Association, 24 June 2011 ............................................................................ 45 Reformulate African development trajectory – Gordhan .......................................................... 45 The Star (South Africa), 28 June 2011 .......................................................................................... 46 Blockade pressure on Eskom to clean up its act ........................................................................ 46 ESI-Africa.com (online power journal), 1 July 2011 .................................................................... 48 Plans to develop stalled Inga 3 hydropower project may be too risky ...................................... 48 Mbendi.com (South Africa), 5 July 2011 ....................................................................................... 49 Countries get US$ 534 million for bold plans to climate-proof water, farming, forests, and cities ........................................................................................................................................... 49 Businesslive.co.za (South Africa), 27 June 2011 ........................................................................... 51 Bank calls for funds to help Africa adapt to climate change ..................................................... 51 Business Day (South Africa), 27 June 2011 .................................................................................. 51 Bank calls for funds to help Africa adapt to climate change ..................................................... 51 Business Day (South Africa), 24 June 2011 .................................................................................. 52 Gordhan urges action on climate change ................................................................................... 52 Business Day, 27/06/2011 ............................................................................................................. 53 Bank calls for funds to help Africa adapt to climate change ..................................................... 53 News Tonight Africa (South Africa), 24 June 2011 ....................................................................... 53 Climatic Change a Tough Challenge to Humanity, Says Pravin Gordhan ................................ 53 News Tonight Africa (South Africa), 27 June 2011 ....................................................................... 54 African Development Bank Calling for More Funds Enabling Africa to Adapt to Climate Change ....................................................................................................................................... 54 Environment.co.za, 4 July 2011..................................................................................................... 54 Africa: Countries Call for Easy Access to Climate Change Finance ........................................ 54 Ghana Business News, 23 June 2011 ............................................................................................ 55 AfDB budgets $145m for Africa‘s Climate Development Fund ............................................... 55 Page 3 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 All Africa, 28 June 2011 ................................................................................................................ 55 Fast And Inclusive - That's the Goal for Climate Change Investment Plans, Says AfDB Expert ................................................................................................................................................... 55 ABCLive.in (India), 25 June 2011 ................................................................................................. 56 CIF's Strategic Climate Fund Approves Moroccan‘s 125MW Solar Power Plant .................... 56 Business Report (South Africa), 27 June 2011 .............................................................................. 58 ‗Balance African progress, climate change‘ .............................................................................. 58 IOL.co.za (South Africa), 27 June 2011 ........................................................................................ 58 ‗Balance African progress, climate change‘ .............................................................................. 58 VAdvert.co.uk (London), 29 June 2011 ......................................................................................... 59 African Efforts on Climate Action Get Boost ........................................................................... 59 Business Daily (South Africa), 29 June 2011 ................................................................................ 61 Microfinance way out in funding climate change projects ........................................................ 61 Eye Witness News (South Africa), 24 June 2011 ........................................................................... 63 ‗Countries lack funds to deal with climate change‘ Chanel September | 24 Jun 2011 ............ 63 Eye Witness News (South Africa), 27 June 2011 ........................................................................... 64 'More investment needed to deal with climate change' ............................................................. 64 Legal Brief News (South Africa), 5 July 2011 ............................................................................... 64 Women excluded from projects, say UN experts ...................................................................... 64 Books Live (South Africa), 5 July 2011 ......................................................................................... 64 Wild Law Update: Women in Agriculture Excluded from Climate Change Projects ............... 64 Radio Musi-O-Tunya (Zambia), 25 June 2011 .............................................................................. 65 Challenges facing the implementation of Climate Change initiatives....................................... 65 Radio Musi-O-Tunya (Zambia), 25 June 2011 .............................................................................. 66 Climate change: Call to transform traditional paradigms of funding ........................................ 66 Zambezi FM Radio (Zambia), 25 June 2011 ................................................................................. 66 Challenges facing the implementation of Climate Change initiatives....................................... 66 Zambezi FM Radio (Zambia), 25 June 2011 ................................................................................. 67 Climate change: Call to urgently transform traditional paradigms of development and funding ................................................................................................................................................... 67 Lesotho National Broadcast, 24 June 2011................................................................................... 67 Climate Change is the Most Pressing Challenge Faced by Humanity - Gordhan ..................... 67 Lesotho National Broadcast, 25 June 2011................................................................................... 68 Low Literacy Levels about Climate Change among African Inhabitants ................................. 68 Radio Lesotho, 1 July 2011 ........................................................................................................... 68 African Countries Show Willingness to Tackle Climate Change Effects ................................. 68 Lesotho Television, 1 July 2011 .................................................................................................... 69 African Countries Show Willingness to Tackle Climate Change Effects ................................. 69 Page 4 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Preventionweb.net, 1 July 2011 ..................................................................................................... 70 Countries get $534 million for bold plans to climate-proof water, farming, forests, and cities 70 Section française .............................................................................. 72 All Africa, 24/06/2011 ................................................................................................................... 72 Session d'information aux journalistes sur le changement climatique - La presse africaine a un rôle crucial à jouer ..................................................................................................................... 72 All Africa, 27/06/2011 ................................................................................................................... 73 Le développement de l'énergie propre - Une opportunité de retombées locales pour l'Afrique (BAD) ........................................................................................................................................ 73 All Africa, 30/06/2011 ................................................................................................................... 73 Appel des pays africains pour un financement climatique accessible et efficace ..................... 73 Tunisia IT (Tunis), 01/07/2011 ...................................................................................................... 75 BAD : Appel des pays africains pour un financement climatique accessible et efficace .......... 75 AfDB.org, 30/06/2011.................................................................................................................... 76 Appel des pays africains pour un financement climatique accessible et efficace ..................... 76 Midipress.com, 04/07/2011 ........................................................................................................... 77 Les pays africains appellent à un financement accessible ......................................................... 77 Guinée Inter, 01/07/2011 ............................................................................................................... 80 Appel des pays africains pour un financement climatique accessible et efficace ..................... 80 LeFaso.net (Burkina Faso), 27/06/2011........................................................................................ 81 Fonds d‘investissement climatique : Un financement de 30 milliards de dollars attendu pour l‘Afrique ! .................................................................................................................................. 81 Sidwaya (Burkina Faso), 27/06/2011 ............................................................................................ 83 Fonds d‘investissement climatique : Un financement de 30 milliards de dollars attendu pour l‘Afrique ! .................................................................................................................................. 83 Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 05/07/2011 ..................................................................................... 84 Développement durable : les pays africains sollicitent des financements climatiques accessibles et efficaces ................................................................................................................................. 84 Horizons (Mauritanie), 05/07/2001 ............................................................................................... 86 Forum des Fonds d‘investissement climatiques: Le difficile financement de l‘adaptation....... 86 Deutsch / Español / Sesotho ............................................................. 88 Klimaretter.info (Deutschland), 28 Juny 2011 .............................................................................. 88 Frauen wollen mehr Geld für Anpassung .................................................................................. 88 IPSNoticias.net, 29 Juño 2011 ...................................................................................................... 89 Microcréditos para adaptarse al cambio climático .................................................................... 89 Lesotho National Broadcast, 24 June 2011................................................................................... 91 Page 5 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 English section Targeted News Service 20 June 2011 2011 CIF Partnership Forum: African Countries Are Ready for CIF Investments African delegations from Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, and Tunisia will attend the CIF (Climate Investment Funds) Partnership Forum on 24-25 June in Cape Town, South Africa to share experiences with fellow CIF pilot countries from around the world. Burkina Faso, the DRC, Morocco, Mozambique, and Zambia will also be there for the learning and to present their CIF investment plans and projects for approval at closed CIF committee meetings coupled with the forum. Kenya and Mali will also present their investment plans for initial feedback. The African Development Bank (AfDB) has helped all of these nations develop their investment plans and will be in Cape Town to help them take this next big step in their quest for green development. * Morocco will present to the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) Committee its project for a 125MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant at Ouarzazate. It represents the first project to be implemented from the MENA Region CTF Investment Plan, which aims to accelerate global deployment of CSP by investing in expansion programs in five countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia. When implemented, this will be one of the largest concentrated solar power developments in the world, adding more than 1 gigawatt of solar power generation capacity to the Middle East and tripling today's global capacity of CSP. * Burkina Faso is set to present its investment plan to the Forest Investment Program (FIP) SubCommittee for approval. It is requesting USD 30 million to implement projects designed to promote decentralized, sustainable forest management that supports wider stakeholder participation and deeper appreciation of the forest value chain. The AfDB expects to channel about half of the FIP funds to Burkina Faso, along with its own co-financing, to support investments in national forests and nature parks and their administration. * The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will also present its USD 60 million FIP investment plan for approval. DRC was selected as a FIP pilot country due to its advanced stage in the 'preparation for REDD+' process, demonstrated by its being the first country in the Congo Basin with an approved Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP). Its FIP investment plan has been informed by national REDD objectives on afforestation and reforestation, subsistence agriculture, land use planning, land and forest tenure, improved wood-fuel stoves, and districtlevel integrated development. * Mozambique will present its investment plan to the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) Sub-Committee for approval. It aims to mainstream climate change in central budgets and planning, sectoral investments, and the private sector. It will hinge on Mozambique's NAPA priorities to 1) strengthen early warning systems; 2) build the capacity of farmers to deal with climate change; 3) reduce the impacts of climate change along the coastal zone; and 4) improve water resources management. The AfDB has helped execute several studies, including the Strategic Environmental and Social Environmental Assessment (SESIA) of the investment plan, an institutional assessment and public expenditures review, and a coastal cities vulnerability study among others. Page 6 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 * Zambia is also presenting its PPCR investment plan for approval. The AfDB has been working closely with the government of Zambia and other partners to develop a PPCR investment strategy in line with national development priorities, including strengthening early warning weather systems, integrating climate resilience in infrastructure planning and investments, and strengthening the adaptive capacity and livelihood of farmers and natural ecosystems in the most affected areas of southern and western Zambia. * Kenya and Mali will both offer drafts of their investment plans to the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program in Low Income Countries (SREP) Sub-Committee for feedback. Kenya could benefit Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire from up to USD 50 million in SREP financing and Mali up to USD 40 million to pilot and demonstrate the economic, social and environmental viability of low carbon development pathways in the energy sector by creating new economic opportunities and increasing energy access through the use of renewable energy solutions. CNBC Africa, 24 June 2011 « Sustainability of a Green Economy », live interview with Hela Cheikhrouhou http://www.abndigital.com/page/multimedia/video/beyond-markets/752064-Sustainability-of-a-GreenEconomy Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2011 By Scott Baldauf, Staff writer Africans planning electric power with climate change in mind Africa is set to be hit hard by climate change, and it already faces the highest electric power costs in the world. But new initiatives could put Africa at forefront in adapting alternative energies. In ancient Rome, the way to stay in power was to provide bread and circuses. In much of Africa, the key is to keep the lights on. This week, riots turned the normally peaceful streets of Dakar, Senegal, into a civic warzone not seen since the last time Vancouver, Canada, hosted a hockey match. Burning tires – and worse, burning office buildings for the local power company – were left behind wherever protestors went, loudly showing their anger about the inability of the state electric company, Senelec, to keep up with growing demand for power. Some towns, like Mbour, 80 kilometers from Dakar, have gone 48 hours without electricity. Nigerians have nicknamed their electric power company PHCN ―Please Hold Candle Now.‖ (The real name is Power Holding Company of Nigeria.) Even in South Africa, the continent‘s most developed economy, electric power cuts are becoming increasingly common, with ―load shedding‖ sending whole neighborhoods into darkness for peak power-use hours. Power cuts are daily affairs across the African continent. Electricity is such an unreliable commodity in Nigeria, for instance, that Climate change is going to make this current problem even worse, development experts predict, since Africa is the continent likely Page 7 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 their problems,‖ says Mr. Pittman, after attending a climate change conference in Cape Town. Particularly on the growing challenges of climate change, which can mean reduced access to rainwater in some areas, and growing needs for electricity in others, ―Africans are in the lead in developing some of the processes for meeting the problem of climate change.‖ such as wind and solar, which are too expensive to develop in countries that have cheaper access to fossil fuels. African citizens bear the highest electricity tariffs in the world, Pittman says, a cruel burden for a continent that has a disproportionately high number of people living at or below the ―African governments and the poverty line. Yet that very fact is African people are already taking already pushing African nations to charge to create the solutions to develop alternative power sources Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire ―African governments and the African people are not being coerced into making these plans,‖ says Pittman. ―We‘re just trying to run and keep up with them and stay relevant in this changing world.‖ to suffer the most from the drastic changes in temperature and rainfall, according to World Bank studies. But while African nations are faced with growing discontent over their inability to plan ahead, there are encouraging signs that they are teaming up with international investment institutions like the African Development Bank and with individual donor nations like China and India to meet the growing need for infrastructure, says Bob Pittman, vice president of climate change programs for the African Development Bank in Tunis. ―Those who do pay high tariffs are finding that solar in rural areas is a suitable technology,‖ says Pittman. ―And in Kenya, a wind power project on Lake Turkana is being developed. Kenya plans to have 30 percent of its power based on wind power.‖ The Chronicle (Ghana), 4 July 2011 Africa: Countries Call for Easy Access to Climate Change Finance The 2011 Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum, hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB) has ended with a call on managers of the United Nations Climate Change Fund (UNCCF) to remove the bottlenecks in accessing the climate change financing for Africa. "The bottom line is that there is an urgent need to improve access to climate finance at the scale required for transformational impact in Africa," said Bobby Pittman, Vice President for Infrastructure, Private Sector and Regional Integration at the African Development Bank. "Mechanisms need to be put in place that can best respond to Africa's needs," he added. Under the Climate Investment Funds' Clean Technology Fund, a total of $197 million was approved for the 165 megawatt Ouarzazate I Concentrated Solar Project in Morocco. This is a large-scale investment that is expected to reduce the costs of concentrated solar energy and help create thousands of direct and indirect jobs in Morocco by 2020, notably by developing local renewable manufacturing. Morocco is partnering with the African Development Bank and World Bank, two partners in the Climate Investment Funds, on this project. The African Development Bank recently introduced financing for concentrated solar power in Sub Saharan Africa through a financial package to South Africa totaling $365 million. Its aim is to help the country 'green' its energy sector. The financial package included a loan of $265 million, as well as a $100 million concessional loan from the Clean Technology Fund. Page 8 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 The package will support South Africa's national electricity utility, Eskom, in implementing a $1.3 billion renewable energy project including concentrated solar power and the first utility-scale wind power plant in South Africa. meteorological services and enhance climate-resilient agricultural production and food security. Zambia will receive $86 million to strengthen climate resilience in Barotse and the Kafue River Basin. Climate resilient programmes approved during the Forum include $86 million for Mozambique to improve the capacity of roads and coastal cities to withstand climate change, transform its hydro- In the forestry sector, two new investment plans have been approved: $32 million for Burkina Faso to decentralize sustainable forest management, encourage participatory protection of state forest reserves and integrate information-sharing, and $60 million for the Democratic Republic of Congo to address deforestation and degradation and provide small grants to promising small-scale initiatives falling within the Reduced Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) program. The funding will also help the country to engage the private sector in REDD+. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Energy Tribune (Houston, USA), 29 June 2011 Women Excluded From Climate Change Projects In Africa Of the millions of dollars spent on climate change projects in developing countries, little has been allocated in a way that will benefit women. Yet, in Africa, it is women who will be most affected by climate change. Connect in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to United Nations data, about 80 percent of the continent's smallholder farmers are women. While they are responsible for the food security of millions of people, agriculture is one of the sectors hardest hit by climate change. The Climate Investment Funds (CIF), established by the World Bank in cooperation with regional multilateral development banks, provide funding for developing countries' climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. "There is a lot of international talk about climate change funding for local communities and especially for women, but not much is actually happening," says Ange Bukasa, who runs investment facilitation organisation Chezange Bukasa was one of the delegates at the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) 2011 Partnership Forum, which was held from Jun. 24-25 in Cape Town, South Africa. Since their launch in 2008, the CIF have allocated 6,5 billion dollars to climate change projects in 45 developing countries. More than a third of the money went to 15 African states. But most of the money – more than 70 percent – is financing large-scale clean technology energy and transportation projects. These are traditionally male-dominated sectors of the formal economy. Only 30 percent is being spent on small-scale projects that directly benefit poor, rural communities and thereby potentially improve women's livelihoods. Experts at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) warn that the funds could run the risk of perpetuating existing gender imbalances. To take into account the gendered nature of energy consumption and domestic labour patterns in a resource-poor context, women need to be consulted when designing and implementing Page 9 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 climate change mitigation and adaptation initiatives, they say. But that doesn't happen often enough. "The links between large regional institutions that administer the funds and the people on the ground who need to access them are missing," says Bukasa, who works with farmers in Katanga in the southern DRC and elsewhere in the country. She complains about a lack of consultation of women, who make up the majority of smallholder farmers in the area. Bukasa also points out that most rural communities have not been sufficiently educated about what climate change is and how to mitigate it or adapt to it. "People may have heard the words 'climate change', but they have no clue what to do about it and where to access information," Bukasa warns. That means that they remain unable to identify problems and solutions related to climate change and hence cannot develop their own projects and apply for funds. Their only option is to "continue farming like before", she sighs. now pledged they will integrate gender indicators into all operations and include them in the main criteria for the approval of grants. funded technologies," Duarte adds. Gender analysis, sexdifferentiated data, gender monitoring and gender auditing will also be part of all projects financed by the CIF to ensure they benefit men and women equally, they promise. The only drawback is that the focus is again on small-scale investments that only make up a small percentage of the overall funds. Duarte admits that more needs to be done: "We do need to increase the scale of gendersensitive projects because we have too many poor hotspots on the continent." "We are planning to take gender into greater account and are introducing more and more indicators to assess the gender dimension of projects," says Mafalda Duarte, climate finance coordinator at the African Development Bank (AfDB), one of the regional institutions administering the funds. Florah Mmereki, project manager at Wena Industry and Environment, an environmental education trust based in Gaborone, Botswana, agrees that efforts need to be accelerated: "The few climate change project projects that exist in Botswana today are not targeted at women. It's a huge oversight." Duarte says there is a particular focus on financing off-the-grid energy technologies that will improve the lives of women and girls, because they are still lumped with the burden of fetching wood and water in rural communities. Mmereki says women remain excluded because participation in many climate change adaptation projects usually requires an upfront investment, such as a contribution to the cost of energyefficient wood stoves. The funds will go towards solar energy projects, improved cooking stoves, sustainable forestry projects, solar-powered irrigation as well as water storage and heating systems. "When we review proposals we ensure that women will be able to access the Such feedback from climate change experts working at community-level seems to have had some effect, however. The banks managing the CIF have Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire "But rural women don't have access to funds. They are the ones working in the fields, but it's their husbands who manage the money," she notes. "There are many gender barriers that still need to be removed." By Kristin Palitza Page 10 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 The Guardian (London), 28 June 2011 Women excluded from climate change projects in Africa, UN experts warn IPS: Gender barriers prevent women across the developing world access funds for communities dealing with the effects of climate change According to the UN, 80% of the continent's smallholder farmers are women. Photograph: Jacob Silberberg/Getty Images multilateral development banks, provide funding for developing countries' climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. Of the millions of dollars spent on climate change projects in developing countries, little has been allocated in a way that will benefit women. Yet, in Africa, it is women who will be most affected by climate change. Since their launch in 2008, the CIF have allocated 6,5 billion dollars to climate change projects in 45 developing countries. More than a third of the money went to 15 African states. According to United Nations data, about 80 percent of the continent's smallholder farmers are women. While they are responsible for the food security of millions of people, agriculture is one of the sectors hardest hit by climate change. "There is a lot of international talk about climate change funding for local communities and especially for women, but not much is actually happening," says Ange Bukasa, who runs investment facilitation organisation Chezange Connect in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Bukasa was one of the delegates at the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) 2011 Partnership Forum, which was held from Jun. 24-25 in Cape Town, South Africa. The Climate Investment Funds (CIF), established by the World Bank in cooperation with regional But most of the money – more than 70 percent – is financing large-scale clean technology energy and transportation projects. These are traditionally male-dominated sectors of the formal economy. Only 30 percent is being spent on small-scale projects that directly benefit poor, rural communities and thereby potentially improve women's livelihoods. Experts at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) warn that the funds could run the risk of perpetuating existing gender imbalances. To take into account the gendered nature of energy consumption and domestic labour patterns in a resource-poor context, women need to be consulted when designing and implementing climate change mitigation and adaptation initiatives, they say. But that doesn't happen often enough. "The links between large regional institutions that administer the funds and the people on the ground who need to access them are missing," says Bukasa, who works with farmers in Katanga in the southern DRC and elsewhere in the country. She complains about a lack of consultation of women, who make up the majority of smallholder farmers in the area. Bukasa also points out that most rural communities have not been sufficiently educated about what climate change is and how to mitigate it or adapt to it. "People may have heard the words 'climate change', but they have no clue what to do about it and where to access information," Bukasa warns. That means that they remain unable to identify problems and solutions related to climate change and hence cannot develop their own projects and apply for funds. Their only option is to "continue farming like before", she sighs. Such feedback from climate change experts working at community-level seems to have had some effect, however. The banks managing the CIF have Page 11 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 now pledged they will integrate gender indicators into all operations and include them in the main criteria for the approval of grants. Gender analysis, sexdifferentiated data, gender monitoring and gender auditing will also be part of all projects financed by the CIF to ensure they benefit men and women equally, they promise. "We are planning to take gender into greater account and are introducing more and more indicators to assess the gender dimension of projects," says Mafalda Duarte, climate finance coordinator at the African Development Bank (AfDB), one of the regional institutions administering the funds. girls, because they are still lumped with the burden of fetching wood and water in rural communities. The funds will go towards solar energy projects, improved cooking stoves, sustainable forestry projects, solar-powered irrigation as well as water storage and heating systems. "When we review proposals we ensure that women will be able to access the funded technologies," Duarte adds. The only drawback is that the focus is again on small-scale investments that only make up a small percentage of the overall funds. Duarte admits that more needs to be done: "We do need to increase the scale of gendersensitive projects because we have too many poor hotspots on the continent." Duarte says there is a particular focus on financing off-the-grid energy technologies that will Florah Mmereki, project manager improve the lives of women and at Wena Industry and Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Environment, an environmental education trust based in Gaborone, Botswana, agrees that efforts need to be accelerated: "The few climate change project projects that exist in Botswana today are not targeted at women. It's a huge oversight." Mmereki says women remain excluded because participation in many climate change adaptation projects usually requires an upfront investment, such as a contribution to the cost of energyefficient wood stoves. "But rural women don't have access to funds. They are the ones working in the fields, but it's their husbands who manage the money," she notes. "There are many gender barriers that still need to be removed." Kristin Palitza for IPS guardian.co.uk AlertNet (Reuters’ humanitarian news site), 27 June 2011 Gender Indicators for Global Climate Funds Still an Afterthought CAPE TOWN, Jun 27 (IPS) - Of the millions of dollars spent on climate change projects in developing countries, little has been allocated in a way that will benefit women. Yet, in Africa, it is women who will be most affected by climate change.According to United Nations data, about 80 percent of the continent's smallholder farmers are women. While they are responsible for the food security of millions of people, agriculture is one of the sectors hardest hit by climate change. "There is a lot of international talk about climate change funding for local communities and especially for women, but not much is actually happening," says Ange Bukasa, who runs investment facilitation organisation Chezange Connect in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Bukasa was one of the delegates at the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) 2011 Partnership Forum, which was held from Jun. 24-25 in Cape Town, South Africa. The Climate Investment Funds (CIF), established by the World Bank in cooperation with regional multilateral development banks, Page 12 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 provide funding for developing countries' climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. Since their launch in 2008, the CIF have allocated 6,5 billion dollars to climate change projects in 45 developing countries. More than a third of the money went to 15 African states. But most of the money - more than 70 percent - is financing large-scale clean technology energy and transportation projects. These are traditionally male-dominated sectors of the formal economy. Only 30 percent is being spent on small-scale projects that directly benefit poor, rural communities and thereby potentially improve women's livelihoods. Experts at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) warn that the funds could run the risk of perpetuating existing gender imbalances. in Katanga in the southern DRC and elsewhere in the country. She complains about a lack of consultation of women, who make up the majority of smallholder farmers in the area. Bukasa also points out that most rural communities have not been sufficiently educated about what climate change is and how to mitigate it or adapt to it. "People may have heard the words ‗climate change', but they have no clue what to do about it and where to access information," Bukasa warns. That means that they remain unable to identify problems and solutions related to climate change and hence cannot develop their own projects and apply for funds. Their only option is to "continue farming like before", she sighs. To take into account the gendered nature of energy consumption and domestic labour patterns in a resource-poor context, women need to be consulted when designing and implementing climate change mitigation and adaptation initiatives, they say. Such feedback from climate change experts working at community-level seems to have had some effect, however. The banks managing the CIF have now pledged they will integrate gender indicators into all operations and include them in the main criteria for the approval of grants. But that doesn't happen often enough. "The links between large regional institutions that administer the funds and the people on the ground who need to access them are missing," says Bukasa, who works with farmers Gender analysis, sexdifferentiated data, gender monitoring and gender auditing will also be part of all projects financed by the CIF to ensure they benefit men and women equally, they promise. "We are planning to take gender into greater account and are introducing more and more indicators to assess the gender dimension of projects," says Mafalda Duarte, climate finance coordinator at the African Development Bank (AfDB), one of the regional institutions administering the funds. Duarte says there is a particular focus on financing off-the-grid energy technologies that will improve the lives of women and girls, because they are still lumped with the burden of fetching wood and water in rural communities. The funds will go towards solar energy projects, improved cooking stoves, sustainable forestry projects, solar-powered irrigation as well as water storage and heating systems. "When we review proposals we ensure that women will be able to access the funded technologies," Duarte adds. The only drawback is that the focus is again on small-scale investments that only make up a small percentage of the overall funds. Duarte admits that more needs to be done: "We do need to increase the scale of gendersensitive projects because we have too many poor hotspots on the continent." Florah Mmereki, project manager at Wena Industry and Environment, an environmental education trust based in Gaborone, Botswana, agrees that Page 13 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 efforts need to be accelerated: "The few climate change project projects that exist in Botswana today are not targeted at women. It's a huge oversight." Mmereki says women remain excluded because participation in many climate change adaptation projects usually requires an upfront investment, such as a contribution to the cost of energyefficient wood stoves. "But rural women don't have access to funds. They are the ones working in the fields, but it's their husbands who manage the money," she notes. "There are many gender barriers that still need to be removed." about the growing citizen awareness and new climate policies towards sustainable development http://ipsnews.net/climate_change / Source: Content partner // Inter Press Service By Kristin Palitza Find out more about the forces behind climate change - but also Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Reuters, 29 June 2011 Inga hydro project on Congo river too risky-AfDB Current plans to develop the stalled $8-$10 billion Inga 3 hydropower project on the Congo river may be too risky because of costs and time, a senior African Development Bank (AfDB) official said on Wednesday. The bank is financing a study for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government to optimize development of the Congo river's immense hydropower potential, with a prefeasibility study expected in September. Current plans for the development of the Inga 3 project entail drilling up to 70 kilometres of tunnels into rock formations whose geology is not well known, and only drawing a maximum of 3,500 megawatts of power. faster to implement and less risky," Cheikhrouhou said. Hela Cheikhrouhou, director energy and environment at AfDB, told Reuters on the sidelines of a G20 infrastructure meeting that preliminary findings suggested this was a very risky option because it could cost more and take more time than anticipated. The Inga 3 hydropower scheme on the Congo is one of the largest proposed projects in Africa aimed at overcoming power shortages that have curtailed economic growth. Cheikhrouhou said the findings showed it would be better to remove the tunnelling option in favour of open channels which could be helped with a dam. "With that solution, the DRC government ... could build a 3,500 up to 7,000 megawatt project which will be per cost of electricity generated cheaper, Cheikhrouhou said rough estimates suggested it would cost in the region of $7 billion for a 3,500 MW project, doubling to $14 billion for 7,000 MW, with first power only likely in 2020 in what would be a public-private partnership. She said global mining group BHP Billiton , South Africa and Nigeria would probably be the main clients. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire States News Service 24 June 2011 The following information was released by the World Bank: Page 14 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 African efforts on climate action received a welcome boost today with approval of a groundbreaking renewable energy project in Morocco that should be a game-changer for solar power at large-scale. The 125 megawatt concentrated solar power plant at Ouarzazate is the first project in a regional plan that will eventually triple today's global investments in concentrated solar power. The regional plan is funded to the tune of $200 million in Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and African Development Bank (AfDB) and World Bank cofinancing. The green light for the Moroccan project came on the eve of the CIF Partnership Forum, which opened today in Cape Town and is hosted this year by the African Development Bank. New money for the CIF to scale up renewable energy in low income countries was also announced by Norway earlier in the week. The 150 million krones pledge (equal to $US 27 million) builds on recent commitments of new financial support from Australia and Korea. "We need to accelerate the transition to clean energy while ensuring the supply vital to growth and opportunity and this is a core priority of the Government of South Africa," said Hon. Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Finance, South Africa , in opening remarks at the Forum. "Indeed, South Africa became one of the developing countries to lead, making a voluntary pledge to reduce emissions by 34 percent by 2020." He urged the Forum to be robust in its interrogation of ideas and initiatives and develop solutions that engage all stakeholders so that the interests of society as a whole are taken forward. vulnerable least developed countries, including the small island developing states. As momentum grows for climate action on the ground, the CIFs can be a real game-changer," said, Admed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa, the Presidential Envoy for Science and Technology from the Maldives, and co-chair of the CIF's Strategic Climate Fund . Delivering a message on behalf of Donald Kaberuka, AfDB President, Vice President Bobby Pittman said "the CIF are a useful transitional instrument to learn from as Heads of States gear up to discuss the future of climate finance in Durban later this year. Africa needs financing that is clearly dedicated to its priorities and challenges in responding to climate change." Speaking at the opening ceremony today, Andrew Steer, World Bank Special Envoy for Climate Change , said: "The CIFs are the largest and most exciting living laboratory for financing climate action in the world. We're now starting to fire on all cylinders. Africa receives more funding through the CIFs than any other region, but it's still not enough." The African continent has entered full-force into climate action, leading with new climate-friendly policies and programs and more than a third of current approved funding. Elsewhere in the world, momentum on climate is also growing, with CIF pilot projects in 45 countries. Here in South Africa, next week additional CIF committees (including the pilot program for climate resilience) are set to approve a series of projects that should allocate more than $US400 million to new climate adaptation initiatives in some of the poorest countries in the world. "The CIF's Strategic Climate Fund gives priority to highly The CIF forum here in Cape Town brings together delegates from participant countries, five multilateral development banks, UN agencies, civil society, indigenous peoples, local communities, private sector, and other stakeholders to discuss CIF results and impact and chart strategic directions in climate financing. More than 250 stakeholders from 45 nations, including 15 African countries, are here for the two-day meeting. African delegations from Algeria, Burkina Faso, DRC, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia, and Zambia are sharing their experiences in developing and Le Groupe de la BAD n’assume aucune responsabilité quant au contenu des articles sélectionnés dans cette revue de presse, destinée exclusivement à l’usage interne du Groupe de la BAD Page 15 sur 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 executing CIF investment plans, discussing achievements and challenges, and learning from fellow CIF pilot countries and expert panelists. This year's forum features sessions on private sector engagement in mitigation and adaptation investments, scientific updates and guidance on prioritizing actions, climate modeling, and the development of local, clean technology manufacturing industries. Note to Editors implemented from the MENA Region Clean Technology Fund Investment Plan, which aims to accelerate global deployment of concentrated solar power by investing in expansion programs in five countries of the Middle East and North Africa region: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia. capacity of concentrated solar power. When implemented, this will be one of the largest concentrated solar power developments in the world, adding more than one gigawatt of solar power generation capacity to the Middle East and tripling today's global The World Bank: Robert Bisset, Local in South Africa: +27 (0)82 858 2128, [email protected] This Ouarzazate project in Morocco is the first to be Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Contacts: African Development Bank: Chawki Chahed, Local # in South Africa: +27 (0) 82 85 83 840, T. +216 71 10 27 02M. +216 98 70 31 68, Skype | Twitter | Linkedin: chawkichahed Climate Investment Funds: Heather Worley, [email protected] All Africa, 24 June 2011 Information Session for the Media On Climate Change - African Media Has Crucial Role to Play The media has a fundamental role to play in sensitizing policy makers and the peoples of Africa about the challenge of climate change, according to journalists at an information session held at the 2011 Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum on 24 and 25 June 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa. These populations, and their decision-makers, are still poorly informed and unaware of these issues, even though they are fundamental to their future. The African media is still not organized by speciality and few journalists are cognizant of the complex issues of climate change, despite the participants agreeing that the effects of climate change in Africa are real: for example, desertification and less access to water. How can this poor level of awareness on African environmental matters be improved? As far as the population is concerned, the focus should be on education: increasing the quantity and quality of information on the effects of changes, but also on what to do on a daily basis to alleviate pollution and improve the environment. As for the media, despite the restricted resources of the African media, increased awareness can be achieved through publishing good stories, and by using low cost media, such as the social media. International organizations can also be more supportive by organizing more training sessions for African journalists. And the media should be better trained, both in general and on environmental issues. Regarding climate change, one journalist said: 'We need a cultural adjustment policy", emphasizing the need for a change of mindset on the continent. As for governments, the issue of climate change should become a priority. Governments should leverage available funds better to adapt and mitigate climate Page 16 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 change, and manage these funds properly, said another journalist. A dozen journalists from all regions of Africa and Europe participated in this event. They interacted with representatives from the African Development Bank and the World Bank Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire All Africa, 27 June 2011 Clean Energy Development - Opportunity for Local Spinoffs in Africa (AfDB) How to increase local content and create additional jobs in clean energy projects in Africa Tanja Faller, an energy economist at the African Development Bank (AfDB) described the opportunity offered to Africa by developing a clean energy industry during a session on 'Leap into Green Growth: Promoting Clean Technology Manufacturing" at the Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum, from 24 to 25 June in Cape Town, South Africa. "Clean energy is an opportunity to leapfrog the continent to a green growth path', said Ms Faller. She indicated that this development can bring about the creation of a whole industry providing good quality jobs for local populations. criteria the prequalification process. However, the challenges ahead are quality and certification of equipment, the capacity of countries to take up the challenge, and the training of highly skilled labour. 'Strengthening the support of clean technology manufacturing can ensure the sustainability of renewable energy in Africa', said Ms Faller. Major investments in renewable energy can only be sustainable if local jobs are available". What is the way ahead? Ms Faller emphasized two elements: fostering innovative systems to suppot clean technology solutions, and flexibility in donors' procurement processes to allow the creation of local demand, notably by having local content The AfDB is supporting green growth in Africa through a variety of tools, such as grant support. sovereign lending, sharing knowledge, private project financing, equity, and policybased lending. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire All Africa, 27/06/2011 Africa: 'Microfinance Can Help Rural Communities Adapt to Climate Change' Cape Town — Projects to fight climate change are being designed all around the world. But only five percent of them can be financed with the current international funds available, which means resources have to be used more wisely. Microfinance could be one solution. Climate change is one of the greatest challenges to development that the world has ever faced. by 2030, while adaptation costs are expected to reach between 75 and 100 billion dollars per year between 2010 and 2050. According to the World Bank, mitigation of its effects in developing countries could cost 140 to 175 billion dollars per year "The low-income masses will be most affected by climate change in their daily lives. We need solutions for mainstreaming Page 17 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 adaptation projects to also include these people," said African Development Bank director for energy, environment and climate change development Hela Cheikhrouhou. She spoke at the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) 2011 Partnership Forum, held from Jun. 24-25 in Cape Town, South Africa. The CIF, established by the World Bank and regional multilateral development banks, provide funding to support developing countries' climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. Even though more than a third of CIF money have so far gone to 15 African countries, few people in rural and poverty-stricken areas who struggle most to access financing - have been able to benefit from the schemes, largely due to administrative barriers. "We need to make sure that funds can be accessed by rural populations because there is urgency in making climate change projects happen on the ground," said Victor Kabengele, project coordinator at the ministry of environment of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He demanded less red tape and fewer conditions -- otherwise including the poor in climate change projects would remain an empty promise. Without money, the best ideas are worth little, Kabengele pointed out: "Money is the name of the game. Access to microcredit is therefore crucial." change," explained GPOBA senior specialist Mustafa Hussain. But only a few microfinance projects have been launched to date that help Africa's poor to invest in climate change projects. One of them is a results-based financing scheme run by the Global Partnership on OutputBased Aid (GPOBA). "At the same time, we hope to kick-start new markets in rural areas, especially for renewable technologies," he added. This partnership among six agencies include the Australian government's aid agency AusAID, the World Bank and its International Finance Corporation, the Swedish government's development agency SIDA, Britain's Department for International Development and the Netherlands' DirectorateGeneral of Development Cooperation. In 2010, GPOBA helped to start 131 output-based aid projects with 3.5 billion dollars in World Bank funding and 2.8 billion dollars from governments. Almost a third of the money was invested on the African continent. In Uganda, for instance, a subsidy facilitated finance for a private company that operates water supply systems. This enabled the company to provide access to clean piped water to more than 8,000 additional households in rural areas that previously didn't have running water. GPOBA backs private financial institutions in communities where poor people are excluded from basic services because they cannot afford to pay the full cost of user fees, for example connection fees to energy-efficient electricity schemes. "Through the subsidy, microcredit agencies feel confident to give credit (to the poor) because they know they will be re-financed by us based on pre-agreed results. This leads to more and more growth and investments in rural communities," Hussain explained. A local bank would, in this case, receive a subsidy to make available microcredit to communities to help them purchase renewable energy systems for their homes. Another successful way of giving the rural residents access to financial services is a mobile money transfer system developed by Kenyan mobile phone operator Safaricom. "We want to increase access to basic services for the poor, such as infrastructure, technology, healthcare and education, that will help them deal with climate As almost 70 percent of Kenyans live in rural areas where they struggle to get to banks or ATMs, only 40 percent of the country's 39 million people have a bank account. Page 18 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 But 83 percent of Kenyans own a mobile phone. That gave the directors of Safaricom an idea: the company started to make financial services available over the phone through a service called M-PESA, which is Swahili for mobile money. Customers can now pay their bills and transfer money using their phones while also accessing numerous financial services, such as micro-saving, microcredit and even micro-insurance. long distances to financial institutions and stand in queues anymore," says M-PESA head of product development Japhet Aritho. "Saving on transport also saves about three dollars per transaction, money that people can now spend on food or other investments." M-PESA already has 700,000 customers who conduct 90 million transactions per month. The project also offers services specifically tailored for fighting "Rural people save an average of climate change: There is a crop three hours per transaction insurance programme where because they don't need to travel premiums and claims can be paid Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire via mobile phone and farmers receive weather information via sms. Another programme allows rural residents to access solar-powered water pumps via a smartcard that they can load credit onto via their mobile phones. At the CIF forum, experts agreed that such microfinance initiatives are key to mitigating and adapting to climate change. Said Kabengele: "Access to credit is crucial. So far, rural financing is relatively limited. We need more of it." Kristin Palitza Ghana Business News, 28 June 2011 African Development Bank to invest $3.5b in improving energy access in Africa The African Development Bank (AfDB) has hinted that it intends to invest billions of dollars into Africa‘s energy sector in the next three years. According to a statement on its website on June 24, 2011, the bank said ―Over the next three years, the AfDB intends to invest more than $3.5 billion in improving energy access.‖ The Bank says more than a third of the amount will go to renewable energy. The announcement was made by the AfDB‘s Vice President, Bobby Pittman, at the just-ended 2011 Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum hosted by the Bank in Cape Town, South Africa. Mr. Pittman told over 250 participants at the forum that ―Africans are leading with their own plans for climate change, and they have called for additional financing instruments that respond directly to their priorities.‖ Nearly 600 million people in Africa remain without access to modern energy and about $1 billion is invested in renewable energy in Africa yearly, according to the International Energy Agency. By Ekow Quandzie Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire The Pak Banker Daily (Pakistan), 25 June 2011 African Efforts on Climate Action Get Boost Page 19 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 African efforts on climate action received a welcome boost today with approval of a groundbreaking renewable energy project in Morocco that should be a game-changer for solar power at large-scale. The 125 megawatt concentrated solar power plant at Ouarzazate is the first project in a regional plan that will eventually triple today‘s global investments in concentrated solar power. The regional plan is funded to the tune of $200 million in Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and African Development Bank (AfDB) and World Bank cofinancing. The green light for the Moroccan project came on the eve of the CIF Partnership Forum, which opened today in Cape Town and is hosted this year by the African Development Bank. New money for the CIF to scale up renewable energy in low income countries was also announced by Norway earlier in the week. The 150 million krones pledge (equal to $US 27 million) builds on recent commitments of new financial support from Australia and Korea. "We need to accelerate the transition to clean energy while ensuring the supply vital to growth and opportunity and this is a core priority of the Government of South Africa," said Hon. Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Finance, South Africa, in opening remarks at the Forum. "Indeed, South Africa became one of the developing countries to lead, making a voluntary pledge to reduce emissions by 34 percent by 2020." He urged the Forum to be robust in its interrogation of ideas and initiatives and develop solutions that engage all stakeholders so that the interests of society as a whole are taken forward. vulnerable least developed countries, including the small island developing states. As momentum grows for climate action on the ground, the CIFs can be a real game-changer," said, Admed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa, the Presidential Envoy for Science and Technology from the Maldives, and co-chair of the CIF‘s Strategic Climate Fund. Delivering a message on behalf of Donald Kaberuka, AfDB President, Vice President Bobby Pittman said "the CIF are a useful transitional instrument to learn from as Heads of States gear up to discuss the future of climate finance in Durban later this year. Africa needs financing that is clearly dedicated to its priorities and challenges in responding to climate change.‖ The African continent has entered full-force into climate action, leading with new climate-friendly policies and programs and more than a third of current approved funding. Elsewhere in the world, momentum on climate is also growing, with CIF pilot projects in 45 countries. Speaking at the opening ceremony today, Andrew Steer, World Bank Special Envoy for Climate Change, said: ―The CIFs are the largest and most exciting living laboratory for financing climate action in the world. We‘re now starting to fire on all cylinders. Africa receives more funding through the CIFs than any other region, but it‘s still not enough.‖ The CIF forum here in Cape Town brings together delegates from participant countries, five multilateral development banks, UN agencies, civil society, indigenous peoples, local communities, private sector, and other stakeholders to discuss CIF results and impact and chart strategic directions in climate financing. More than 250 stakeholders from 45 nations, including 15 African countries, are here for the two-day meeting. Here in South Africa, next week additional CIF committees (including the pilot program for climate resilience) are set to approve a series of projects that should allocate more than $US400 million to new climate adaptation initiatives in some of the poorest countries in the world. ―The CIF's Strategic Climate Fund gives priority to highly African delegations from Algeria, Burkina Faso, DRC, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia, and Zambia are sharing their experiences in developing and executing CIF investment plans, Le Groupe de la BAD n’assume aucune responsabilité quant au contenu des articles sélectionnés dans cette revue de presse, destinée exclusivement à l’usage interne du Groupe de la BAD Page 20 sur 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 This year‘s forum features sessions on private sector engagement in mitigation and adaptation investments, scientific updates and guidance on Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire discussing achievements and challenges, and learning from fellow CIF pilot countries and expert panelists. prioritizing actions, climate modeling, and the development of local, clean technology manufacturing industries. African Press Organization, 28 June 2011 Janneh calls for more youth mobilization initiatives on climate change, development The UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Abdoulie Janneh on Sunday called for sustained youth mobilization "to get out the message of sustainable development, as they have the greatest stake in the future sustainability of our planet". Addressing the opening session of the Conference of Foreign Ministers of the African Union, on the eve of the 17th AU Summit, he said that "all hands must be on deck to ensure that the outcomes of the on-going climate change negotiations which continue in Durban later on this year and the Rio +20 Summit taking place in Brazil next year take account of Africa's interests and concerns", according to the Information and Communications Service of ECA. "As they have the greatest stake in the future sustainability of our planet, Africa's youth should be mobilized to get out the message of sustainable development. Indeed, they also have to contribute by bringing their dynamism to bear through ideas, taking business risks and contributing to educating and mobilizing the rest of society behind agreed goals", he explained. He announced that in the case of Rio +20, "ECA is working closely with the AUC, AfDB and UNEP to prepare the background documents that will guide Africa's negotiating position". "We are also organizing the African Regional Preparatory Conference for Rio +20 in October 2011, where a common African position on the negotiations will be adopted", he promised, calling on "member States to continue to pay very close attention to this process whose outcomes will affect the future growth trajectory of our continent." Citing recent studies, he recalled that youth unemployment in Africa is over 20% in many countries "but even this figure underestimates the gravity of the problem", proposing a new "strategy that combines public works programmes and enhanced investment in infrastructure and production ... to tap into the nexus between job creation, sustainable development and social stability." Accordingly, "we must now pay greater attention to green growth, which could leap-frog old and environmentally unsustainable technologies and enable African countries to take advantage of their current potential in agriculture, tourism, forestry, and eco-industries", Mr. Janneh insisted He assured that the United Nations system in Africa will continue to strengthen its partnerships in support of continental development initiatives, and "with the conclusion of the review of the Ten Year Capacity Building Plan, the UN Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa is poised to build on previous achievements by developing concrete capacity building programmes for the African Union, its NEPAD programme and the Regional Economic Communities", he also announced. Page 21 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 RCM-Africa resolved at its 11th session which was co-chaired by the AU Commission that an annual report on its activities should henceforth be submitted to the AU Summit through appropriate organs, it would be recalled. He urged the ministers to have their respective governments implement the recommendations of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) National Programmes of Action, especially as they refer to improved governance and greater accountability, "while paying closer attention to policy on land, our greatest asset, and the huge illicit financial outflows from Africa." economic setbacks and need to be looked at closely, although Africa displayed relative resilience to the fall-out of the global economic and financial crisis of 2008/9. Moreso, "there is also much to cheer in the fact that Africa is increasing recognized as a destination for foreign investment and as a global growth pole", Mr. Janneh said. However, he quickly warned that this is "no reason to be too sanguine because this rate is far below the minimum growth rate estimated to achieve the MDGs." Furthermore, Africa's good performance is relative in the sense that while growth rates fell quite sharply to 2.4% in 2009 it was not as bad as other regions, as its "recovery rate of 4.7% in 2010 was also swifter", he explained. Lack of good governance and corruption are regularly cited as some of the reasons for Africa's Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Insisting on the aspects of good governance, he said that "Africa's commitment to improved governance since the adoption of NEPAD and APRM was not misplaced and might even have provided a safety valve in some countries by helping to maintain political stability in the face of severe economic shocks." Hence, he suggested that "the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia and changes elsewhere in North Africa (might be) evidence of the desire to upscale and improve governance." "While youth unemployment was a factor, the desire for greater freedom, demands for greater accountability and distaste with the scale of corruption also played a significant role in the demand for change, he concluded. The Pak Banker Daily (Pakistan) 27 June 2011 Clean Energy Development: Opportunity for Local Spinoffs in Africa How to increase local content and create additional jobs in clean energy projects in Africa Tanja Faller, an energy economist at the African Development Bank (AfDB) described the opportunity offered to Africa by developing a clean energy industry during a session on ‗Leap into Green Growth: Promoting Clean Technology Manufacturing‖ at the Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum, from 24 to 25 June in Cape Town, South Africa. ―Clean energy is an opportunity to leapfrog the continent to a green growth path‘, said Ms Faller. She indicated that this development can bring about the creation of a whole industry providing good quality jobs for local populations. However, the challenges ahead are quality and certification of equipment, the capacity of countries to take up the challenge, and the training of highly skilled labour. What is the way ahead? Ms Faller emphasized two elements: fostering innovative systems to suppot clean technology solutions, and flexibility in donors' procurement processes to allow the creation of local demand, notably by having local content criteria the prequalification process. ‗Strengthening the support of clean technology manufacturing can ensure the sustainability of renewable energy in Africa‘, said Page 22 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Ms Faller. Major investments in renewable energy can only be sustainable if local jobs are available‖. The AfDB is supporting green growth in Africa through a variety of tools, such as grant support. sovereign lending, sharing knowledge, private project financing, equity, and policybased lending. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Plus News Pakistan 27 June 2011 Clean Energy Development: Opportunity for Local Spinoffs in Africa How to increase local content and create additional jobs in clean energy projects in Africa Tanja Faller, an energy economist at the African Development Bank (AfDB) described the opportunity offered to Africa by developing a clean energy industry during a session on ‗Leap into Green Growth: Promoting Clean Technology Manufacturing‖ at the Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum, from 24 to 25 June in Cape Town, South Africa. ―Clean energy is an opportunity to leapfrog the continent to a green growth path‘, said Ms Faller. She indicated that this development can bring about the creation of a whole industry providing good quality jobs for local populations. criteria the prequalification process. However, the challenges ahead are quality and certification of equipment, the capacity of countries to take up the challenge, and the training of highly skilled labour. ‗Strengthening the support of clean technology manufacturing can ensure the sustainability of renewable energy in Africa‘, said Ms Faller. Major investments in renewable energy can only be sustainable if local jobs are available‖. What is the way ahead? Ms Faller emphasized two elements: fostering innovative systems to suppot clean technology solutions, and flexibility in donors' procurement processes to allow the creation of local demand, notably by having local content The AfDB is supporting green growth in Africa through a variety of tools, such as grant support. sovereign lending, sharing knowledge, private project financing, equity, and policybased lending. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Inter Press Service 27 June 2011 by Kristin Palitza 'Microfinance Can Help Rural Communities Adapt to Climate Change' Projects to fight climate change are being designed all around the world. But only five percent of them can be financed with the current international funds available, which means resources have to be used more wisely. Microfinance could be one solution. Climate change is one of the greatest challenges to development that the world has ever faced. by 2030, while adaptation costs are expected to reach between 75 and 100 billion dollars per year between 2010 and 2050. According to the World Bank, mitigation of its effects in developing countries could cost 140 to 175 billion dollars per year "The low-income masses will be most affected by climate change in their daily lives. We need solutions for mainstreaming Page 23 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 adaptation projects to also include these people," said African Development Bank director for energy, environment and climate change development Hela Cheikhrouhou. She spoke at the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) 2011 Partnership Forum, held from Jun. 24-25 in Cape Town, South Africa. The CIF, established by the World Bank and regional multilateral development banks, provide funding to support developing countries' climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. Even though more than a third of CIF money have so far gone to 15 African countries, few people in rural and poverty-stricken areas who struggle most to access financing - have been able to benefit from the schemes, largely due to administrative barriers. "We need to make sure that funds can be accessed by rural populations because there is urgency in making climate change projects happen on the ground," said Victor Kabengele, project coordinator at the ministry of environment of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He demanded less red tape and fewer conditions -- otherwise including the poor in climate change projects would remain an empty promise. Without money, the best ideas are worth little, Kabengele pointed out: "Money is the name of the game. Access to microcredit is therefore crucial." change," explained GPOBA senior specialist Mustafa Hussain. But only a few microfinance projects have been launched to date that help Africa's poor to invest in climate change projects. One of them is a results-based financing scheme run by the Global Partnership on OutputBased Aid (GPOBA). "At the same time, we hope to kick-start new markets in rural areas, especially for renewable technologies," he added. This partnership among six agencies include the Australian government's aid agency AusAID, the World Bank and its International Finance Corporation, the Swedish government's development agency SIDA, Britain's Department for International Development and the Netherlands' DirectorateGeneral of Development Cooperation. In 2010, GPOBA helped to start 131 output-based aid projects with 3.5 billion dollars in World Bank funding and 2.8 billion dollars from governments. Almost a third of the money was invested on the African continent. In Uganda, for instance, a subsidy facilitated finance for a private company that operates water supply systems. This enabled the company to provide access to clean piped water to more than 8,000 additional households in rural areas that previously didn't have running water. GPOBA backs private financial institutions in communities where poor people are excluded from basic services because they cannot afford to pay the full cost of user fees, for example connection fees to energy-efficient electricity schemes. "Through the subsidy, microcredit agencies feel confident to give credit (to the poor) because they know they will be re-financed by us based on pre-agreed results. This leads to more and more growth and investments in rural communities," Hussain explained. A local bank would, in this case, receive a subsidy to make available microcredit to communities to help them purchase renewable energy systems for their homes. Another successful way of giving the rural residents access to financial services is a mobile money transfer system developed by Kenyan mobile phone operator Safaricom. "We want to increase access to basic services for the poor, such as infrastructure, technology, healthcare and education, that will help them deal with climate As almost 70 percent of Kenyans live in rural areas where they struggle to get to banks or ATMs, only 40 percent of the country's 39 million people have a bank account. Page 24 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 But 83 percent of Kenyans own a mobile phone. That gave the directors of Safaricom an idea: the company started to make financial services available over the phone through a service called M-PESA, which is Swahili for mobile money. Customers can now pay their bills and transfer money using their phones while also accessing numerous financial services, such as micro-saving, microcredit and even micro-insurance. long distances to financial institutions and stand in queues anymore," says M-PESA head of product development Japhet Aritho. "Saving on transport also saves about three dollars per transaction, money that people can now spend on food or other investments." M-PESA already has 700,000 customers who conduct 90 million transactions per month. The project also offers services specifically tailored for fighting "Rural people save an average of climate change: There is a crop three hours per transaction insurance programme where because they don't need to travel premiums and claims can be paid Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire via mobile phone and farmers receive weather information via sms. Another programme allows rural residents to access solar-powered water pumps via a smartcard that they can load credit onto via their mobile phones. At the CIF forum, experts agreed that such microfinance initiatives are key to mitigating and adapting to climate change. Said Kabengele: "Access to credit is crucial. So far, rural financing is relatively limited. We need more of it." Inter Press Service 27 June 2011 by Kristin Palitza Gender Indicators for Global Climate Funds Still an Afterthought Of the millions of dollars spent on climate change projects in developing countries, little has been allocated in a way that will benefit women. Yet, in Africa, it is women who will be most affected by climate change. According to United Nations data, about 80 percent of the continent's smallholder farmers are women. While they are responsible for the food security of millions of people, agriculture is one of the sectors hardest hit by climate change. "There is a lot of international talk about climate change funding for local communities and especially for women, but not much is actually happening," says Ange Bukasa, who runs investment facilitation organisation Chezange Connect in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Bukasa was one of the delegates at the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) 2011 Partnership Forum, which was held from Jun. 24-25 in Cape Town, South Africa. The Climate Investment Funds (CIF), established by the World Bank in cooperation with regional multilateral development banks, provide funding for developing countries' climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. Since their launch in 2008, CIF has allocated 6,5 billion dollars to climate change projects in 45 developing countries. More than a third of the money went to 15 African states. But most of the money - more than 70 percent - is financing large-scale clean technology energy and transportation projects. These are traditionally male-dominated sectors of the formal economy. Only 30 percent is being spent on small-scale projects that directly benefit poor, rural communities and thereby potentially improve women's livelihoods. Experts at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) warn that the funds could run the risk of perpetuating existing gender imbalances. Page 25 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 To take into account the gendered nature of energy consumption and domestic labour patterns in a resource-poor context, women need to be consulted when designing and implementing climate change mitigation and adaptation initiatives, they say. But that doesn't happen often enough. "The links between large regional institutions that administer the funds and the people on the ground who need to access them are missing," says Bukasa, who works with farmers in Katanga in the southern DRC and elsewhere in the country. She complains about a lack of consultation of women, who make up the majority of smallholder farmers in the area. Bukasa also points out that most rural communities have not been sufficiently educated about what climate change is and how to mitigate it or adapt to it. "People may have heard the words 'climate change', but they have no clue what to do about it and where to access information," Bukasa warns. That means that they remain unable to identify problems and solutions related to climate change and hence cannot develop their own projects and apply for funds. Their only option is to "continue farming like before", she sighs. Such feedback from climate change experts working at community-level seems to have had some effect, however. The banks managing the CIF have now pledged they will integrate gender indicators into all operations and include them in the main criteria for the approval of grants. Gender analysis, sexdifferentiated data, gender monitoring and gender auditing will also be part of all projects financed by the CIF to ensure they benefit men and women equally, they promise. "We are planning to take gender into greater account and are introducing more and more indicators to assess the gender dimension of projects," says Mafalda Duarte, climate finance coordinator at the African Development Bank (AfDB), one of the regional institutions administering the funds. Duarte says there is a particular focus on financing off-the-grid energy technologies that will improve the lives of women and girls, because they are still lumped with the burden of fetching wood and water in rural communities. The funds will go towards solar energy projects, improved cooking stoves, sustainable forestry projects, solar-powered irrigation as well as water storage Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire and heating systems. "When we review proposals we ensure that women will be able to access the funded technologies," Duarte adds. The only drawback is that the focus is again on small-scale investments that only make up a small percentage of the overall funds. Duarte admits that more needs to be done: "We do need to increase the scale of gendersensitive projects because we have too many poor hotspots on the continent." Florah Mmereki, project manager at Wena Industry and Environment, an environmental education trust based in Gaborone, Botswana, agrees that efforts need to be accelerated: "The few climate change project projects that exist in Botswana today are not targeted at women. It's a huge oversight." Mmereki says women remain excluded because participation in many climate change adaptation projects usually requires an upfront investment, such as a contribution to the cost of energyefficient wood stoves. "But rural women don't have access to funds. They are the ones working in the fields, but it's their husbands who manage the money," she notes. "There are many gender barriers that still need to be removed." Page 26 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Inter Press Service 27 June 2011 by Kristin Palitza Micro Loans Eyed for Renewable Energy Projects Cape Town – Projects to fight climate change are being designed all around the world. But only five percent of them can be financed with the current international funds available. Microfinance could be a solution. According to the World Bank, mitigation of the effects of climate change in developing countries could cost from 140 to 175 billion dollars per year by 2030, while adaptation costs are expected to reach between 75 and 100 billion dollars per year between 2010 and 2050. "The low-income masses will be most affected by climate change in their daily lives. We need solutions for mainstreaming adaptation projects to also include these people," said African Development Bank director for energy, environment and climate change development Hela Cheikhrouhou. She spoke at the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) 2011 Partnership Forum, held from Jun. 24-25 in Cape Town, South Africa. The CIF, established by the World Bank and regional multilateral development banks, provides funding to support developing countriesÆ climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. Even though more than a third of CIF money have so far gone to 15 African countries, few people in rural and poverty-stricken areas û who struggle most to access financing û have been able to benefit from the schemes, largely due to administrative barriers. "We need to make sure that funds can be accessed by rural populations because there is an urgency in making climate change projects happen on the ground," said Victor Kabengele, project coordinator at the ministry of environment of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He demanded less red tape and fewer conditions -- otherwise including the poor in climate change projects would remain an empty promise. Without money, the best ideas are worth little, Kabengele pointed out: "Money is the name of the game. Access to microcredit is therefore crucial." But only a few microfinance projects have been launched to date that help AfricaÆs poor to invest in climate change projects. One of them is a results-based financing scheme run by the Global Partnership on OutputBased Aid (GPOBA). This partnership among six agencies include the Australian governmentÆs aid agency AusAID, the World Bank and its International Finance Corporation, the Swedish governmentÆs development agency SIDA, BritainÆs Department for International Development and the NetherlandsÆ DirectorateGeneral of Development Cooperation. GPOBA backs private financial institutions in communities where poor people are excluded from basic services because they cannot afford to pay the full cost of user fees, for example connection fees to energy-efficient electricity schemes. A local bank would, in this case, receive a subsidy to make available microcredit to communities to help them purchase renewable energy systems for their homes. "We want to increase access to basic services for the poor, such as infrastructure, technology, healthcare and education, that will help them deal with climate change," explained GPOBA senior specialist Mustafa Hussain. "At the same time, we hope to kick-start new markets in rural areas, especially for renewable technologies," he added. In 2010, GPOBA helped to start 131 output-based aid projects with 3.5 billion dollars in World Bank funding and 2.8 billion dollars from governments. Almost a third Page 27 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 of the money was invested on the African continent. In Uganda, for instance, a subsidy facilitated finance for a private company that operates water supply systems. This enabled the company to provide access to clean piped water to more than 8,000 additional households in rural areas that previously didnÆt have running water. "Through the subsidy, microcredit agencies feel confident to give credit (to the poor) because they know they will be re-financed by us based on pre-agreed results. This leads to more and more growth and investments in rural communities," Hussain explained. Another successful way of giving the rural residents access to financial services is a mobile money transfer system developed by Kenyan mobile phone operator Safaricom. only 40 percent of the countryÆs 39 million people have a bank account. But 83 percent of Kenyans own a mobile phone. That gave the directors of Safaricom an idea: the company started to make financial services available over the phone through a service called M-PESA, which is Swahili for mobile money. Customers can now pay their bills and transfer money using their phones while also accessing numerous financial services, such as micro-saving, microcredit and even micro-insurance. "Rural people save an average of three hours per transaction because they donÆt need to travel long distances to financial institutions and stand in queues anymore," says M-PESA head of product development Japhet Aritho. As almost 70 percent of Kenyans "Saving on transport also saves live in rural areas where they about three dollars per transaction, struggle to get to banks or ATMs, Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire money that people can now spend on food or other investments." M-PESA already has 700,000 customers who conduct 90 million transactions per month. The project also offers services specifically tailored for fighting climate change: There is a crop insurance programme where premiums and claims can be paid via mobile phone and farmers receive weather information via sms. Another programme allows rural residents to access solar-powered water pumps via a smartcard that they can load credit onto via their mobile phones. At the CIF forum, experts agreed that such microfinance initiatives are key to mitigating and adapting to climate change. Said Kabengele: "Access to credit is crucial. So far, rural financing is relatively limited. We need more of it." AfDB.org, 24 June 2011 Climate Change: Africa is Leading With its Own Plan, Says AfDB ‗Africans are leading with their own plans for climate change, and they have called for additional financing instruments that respond directly to their priorities,‘ African Development Bank (AfDB) Vice President, Bobby Pittman, said at the 2011 Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum. The AfDB is hosting the event from 24-25 June 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa. Addressing 250 participants at the opening session, the Vice President added: ‗Looking ahead, it is becoming clear that future climate financing could benefit from instruments that are open to all countries and can be adjusted to respond to country priorities and implementation capacity; and a clear allocation of resources per implementing agency, which can be revised based on the pace of Page 28 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 execution of projects and programs.‘ to the International Energy Agency. Over the next three years, the AfDB intends to invest more than USD 3.5 billion in improving energy access, with more than a third of the amount going to renewable energy. Given that nearly 600 million people in Africa remain without access to modern energy, broadening the supply of low-cost environmentally-friendly energy to more people and developing The African Development Bank is renewable forms of energy to responding to climate change with diversify the sources for a clear focus on the areas that are generating electric power are most critical for Africa and on major Bank priorities. About USD expanding Africa‘s access to 1 billion is invested in renewable international climate change energy in Africa yearly, according financing, both through global Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire mechanisms like the Climate Investment Funds and dedicated internal mechanisms design to meet specific African challenges. ‗Despite all of these efforts, the bottom line is that there is an urgent need to improve access to climate finance at the scale required for transformational impact in Africa and put in place mechanisms that can best respond to Africa‘s needs,‘ Vice President Pittman concluded. African Press Organization, 24 June 2011 Climate Change: Africa is Leading With its Own Plan, Says AfDB ‗Africans are leading with their own plans for climate change, and they have called for additional financing instruments that respond directly to their priorities,‘ African Development Bank (AfDB) Vice President, Bobby Pittman, said at the 2011 Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum. The AfDB is hosting the event from 24-25 June 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa. Addressing 250 participants at the opening session, the Vice President added: ‗Looking ahead, it is becoming clear that future climate financing could benefit from instruments that are open to all countries and can be adjusted to respond to country priorities and implementation capacity; and a clear allocation of resources per implementing agency, which can be revised based on the pace of execution of projects and programs.‘ Given that nearly 600 million people in Africa remain without access to modern energy, broadening the supply of low-cost environmentally-friendly energy to more people and developing renewable forms of energy to diversify the sources for generating electric power are major Bank priorities. About USD 1 billion is invested in renewable energy in Africa yearly, according to the International Energy Agency. Over the next three years, the AfDB intends to invest more than USD 3.5 billion in improving energy access, with more than a third of the amount going to renewable energy. The African Development Bank is responding to climate change with a clear focus on the areas that are most critical for Africa and on expanding Africa‘s access to international climate change financing, both through global mechanisms like the Climate Investment Funds and dedicated internal mechanisms design to meet specific African challenges. ‗Despite all of these efforts, the bottom line is that there is an urgent need to improve access to climate finance at the scale required for transformational impact in Africa and put in place mechanisms that can best respond to Africa‘s needs,‘ Vice President Pittman concluded. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Page 29 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Silobreaker.com, 24 June 2011 Climate Change: Africa is Leading With its Own Plan, Says AfDB ‗Africans are leading with their own plans for climate change, and they have called for additional financing instruments that respond directly to their priorities,‘ African Development Bank (AfDB) Vice President, Bobby Pittman, said at the 2011 Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum. The AfDB is hosting the event from 24-25 June 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa. Addressing 250 participants at the opening session, the Vice President added: ‗Looking ahead, it is becoming clear that future climate financing could benefit from instruments that are open to all countries and can be adjusted to respond to country priorities and implementation capacity; and a clear allocation of resources per implementing agency, which can be revised based on the pace of execution of projects and programs.‘ Given that nearly 600 million people in Africa remain without access to modern energy, broadening the supply of low-cost environmentally-friendly energy to more people and developing renewable forms of energy to diversify the sources for generating electric power are major Bank priorities. About USD 1 billion is invested in renewable energy in Africa yearly, according to the International Energy Agency. Over the next three years, the AfDB intends to invest more than USD 3.5 billion in improving energy access, with more than a third of the amount going to renewable energy. The African Development Bank is responding to climate change with a clear focus on the areas that are most critical for Africa and on expanding Africa‘s access to international climate change financing, both through global mechanisms like the Climate Investment Funds and dedicated internal mechanisms design to meet specific African challenges. ‗Despite all of these efforts, the bottom line is that there is an urgent need to improve access to climate finance at the scale required for transformational impact in Africa and put in place mechanisms that can best respond to Africa‘s needs,‘ Vice President Pittman concluded. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire HumanitarianNews.org, 24 June 2011 Climate Change: Africa is Leading With its Own Plan, Says AfDB ‗Africans are leading with their own plans for climate change, and they have called for additional financing instruments that respond directly to their priorities,‘ African Development Bank (AfDB) Vice President, Bobby Pittman, said at the 2011 Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum. The AfDB is hosting the event from 24-25 June 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa. Addressing 250 participants at the opening session, the Vice President added: ‗Looking ahead, it is becoming clear that future climate financing could benefit from instruments that are open to all countries and can be adjusted to respond to country priorities and implementation capacity; and a clear allocation of resources per implementing agency, which can be revised based on the pace of execution of projects and programs.‘ Given that nearly 600 million people in Africa remain without access to modern energy, broadening the supply of low-cost environmentally-friendly energy to more people and developing renewable forms of energy to diversify the sources for generating electric power are major Bank priorities. About USD 1 billion is invested in renewable Page 30 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 energy in Africa yearly, according to the International Energy Agency. Over the next three years, the AfDB intends to invest more than USD 3.5 billion in improving energy access, with more than a third of the amount going to renewable energy. a clear focus on the areas that are most critical for Africa and on expanding Africa‘s access to international climate change financing, both through global mechanisms like the Climate Investment Funds and dedicated internal mechanisms design to meet specific African challenges. The African Development Bank is responding to climate change with Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire ‗Despite all of these efforts, the bottom line is that there is an urgent need to improve access to climate finance at the scale required for transformational impact in Africa and put in place mechanisms that can best respond to Africa‘s needs,‘ Vice President Pittman concluded. OrganizedWisdom.com, 24 June 2011 Climate Change: Africa is Leading With its Own Plan, Says AfDB ‗Africans are leading with their own plans for climate change, and they have called for additional financing instruments that respond directly to their priorities,‘ African Development Bank (AfDB) Vice President, Bobby Pittman, said at the 2011 Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum. The AfDB is hosting the event from 24-25 June 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa. Addressing 250 participants at the opening session, the Vice President added: ‗Looking ahead, it is becoming clear that future climate financing could benefit from instruments that are open to all countries and can be adjusted to respond to country priorities and implementation capacity; and a clear allocation of resources per implementing agency, which can be revised based on the pace of execution of projects and programs.‘ Given that nearly 600 million people in Africa remain without access to modern energy, broadening the supply of low-cost environmentally-friendly energy to more people and developing renewable forms of energy to diversify the sources for generating electric power are major Bank priorities. About USD 1 billion is invested in renewable energy in Africa yearly, according to the International Energy Agency. Over the next three years, the AfDB intends to invest more than USD 3.5 billion in improving energy access, with more than a third of the amount going to renewable energy. The African Development Bank is responding to climate change with a clear focus on the areas that are most critical for Africa and on expanding Africa‘s access to international climate change financing, both through global mechanisms like the Climate Investment Funds and dedicated internal mechanisms design to meet specific African challenges. ‗Despite all of these efforts, the bottom line is that there is an urgent need to improve access to climate finance at the scale required for transformational impact in Africa and put in place mechanisms that can best respond to Africa‘s needs,‘ Vice President Pittman concluded. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Page 31 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Pollutionsolutions-online.com, 24 June 2011 Climate Change: Africa is Leading With its Own Plan, Says AfDB ‗Africans are leading with their own plans for climate change, and they have called for additional financing instruments that respond directly to their priorities,‘ African Development Bank (AfDB) Vice President, Bobby Pittman, said at the 2011 Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum. The AfDB is hosting the event from 24-25 June 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa. Addressing 250 participants at the opening session, the Vice President added: ‗Looking ahead, it is becoming clear that future climate financing could benefit from instruments that are open to all countries and can be adjusted to respond to country priorities and implementation capacity; and a clear allocation of resources per implementing agency, which can be revised based on the pace of execution of projects and programs.‘ Given that nearly 600 million people in Africa remain without access to modern energy, broadening the supply of low-cost environmentally-friendly energy to more people and developing renewable forms of energy to diversify the sources for generating electric power are major Bank priorities. About USD 1 billion is invested in renewable energy in Africa yearly, according to the International Energy Agency. Over the next three years, the AfDB intends to invest more than USD 3.5 billion in improving energy access, with more than a third of the amount going to renewable energy. The African Development Bank is responding to climate change with a clear focus on the areas that are most critical for Africa and on expanding Africa‘s access to international climate change financing, both through global mechanisms like the Climate Investment Funds and dedicated internal mechanisms design to meet specific African challenges. ‗Despite all of these efforts, the bottom line is that there is an urgent need to improve access to climate finance at the scale required for transformational impact in Africa and put in place mechanisms that can best respond to Africa‘s needs,‘ Vice President Pittman concluded. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Pollutionsolutions-online.com, 24 June 2011 Climate Change: Africa is Leading With its Own Plan, Says AfDB ‗Africans are leading with their own plans for climate change, and they have called for additional financing instruments that respond directly to their priorities,‘ African Development Bank (AfDB) Vice President, Bobby Pittman, said at the 2011 Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum. The AfDB is hosting the event from 24-25 June 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa. Addressing 250 participants at the opening session, the Vice President added: ‗Looking ahead, it is becoming clear that future climate financing could benefit from instruments that are open to all countries and can be adjusted to respond to country priorities and implementation capacity; and a clear allocation of resources per implementing agency, which can be revised based on the pace of execution of projects and programs.‘ Given that nearly 600 million people in Africa remain without access to modern energy, broadening the supply of low-cost environmentally-friendly energy to more people and developing renewable forms of energy to diversify the sources for generating electric power are major Bank priorities. About USD 1 billion is invested in renewable Page 32 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 energy in Africa yearly, according to the International Energy Agency. Over the next three years, the AfDB intends to invest more than USD 3.5 billion in improving energy access, with more than a third of the amount going to renewable energy. a clear focus on the areas that are most critical for Africa and on expanding Africa‘s access to international climate change financing, both through global mechanisms like the Climate Investment Funds and dedicated internal mechanisms design to meet specific African challenges. The African Development Bank is responding to climate change with Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire ‗Despite all of these efforts, the bottom line is that there is an urgent need to improve access to climate finance at the scale required for transformational impact in Africa and put in place mechanisms that can best respond to Africa‘s needs,‘ Vice President Pittman concluded. AfriBiz.info, 27 June 2011 Climate Change: Africa is Leading With its Own Plan, Says AfDB ‗Africans are leading with their own plans for climate change, and they have called for additional financing instruments that respond directly to their priorities,‘ African Development Bank (AfDB) Vice President, Bobby Pittman, said at the 2011 Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum. The AfDB is hosting the event from 24-25 June 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa. Addressing 250 participants at the opening session, the Vice President added: ‗Looking ahead, it is becoming clear that future climate financing could benefit from instruments that are open to all countries and can be adjusted to respond to country priorities and implementation capacity; and a clear allocation of resources per implementing agency, which can be revised based on the pace of execution of projects and programs.‘ Given that nearly 600 million people in Africa remain without access to modern energy, broadening the supply of low-cost environmentally-friendly energy to more people and developing renewable forms of energy to diversify the sources for generating electric power are major Bank priorities. About USD 1 billion is invested in renewable energy in Africa yearly, according to the International Energy Agency. Over the next three years, the AfDB intends to invest more than USD 3.5 billion in improving energy access, with more than a third of the amount going to renewable energy. The African Development Bank is responding to climate change with a clear focus on the areas that are most critical for Africa and on expanding Africa‘s access to international climate change financing, both through global mechanisms like the Climate Investment Funds and dedicated internal mechanisms design to meet specific African challenges. ‗Despite all of these efforts, the bottom line is that there is an urgent need to improve access to climate finance at the scale required for transformational impact in Africa and put in place mechanisms that can best respond to Africa‘s needs,‘ Vice President Pittman concluded. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Page 33 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 AllAfrica.com, 24 June 2011 African Efforts on Climate Action Get Boost (AfDB) Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum Opens in Cape Town, South Africa. African efforts on climate action received a welcome boost today with approval of a groundbreaking renewable energy project in Morocco that should be a game-changer for solar power at large-scale. The 125 megawatt concentrated solar power plant at Ouarzazate is the first project in a regional plan that will eventually triple today's global investments in concentrated solar power. The regional plan is funded to the tune of $200 million in Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and African Development Bank (AfDB) and World Bank cofinancing. The green light for the Moroccan project came on the eve of the CIF Partnership Forum, which opened today in Cape Town and is hosted this year by the African Development Bank. New money for the CIF to scale up renewable energy in low income countries was also announced by Norway earlier in the week. The 150 million krones pledge (equal to $US 27 million) builds on recent commitments of new financial support from Australia and Korea. "We need to accelerate the transition to clean energy while ensuring the supply vital to growth and opportunity and this is a core priority of the Government of South Africa," said Hon. Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Finance, South Africa, in opening remarks at the Forum. "Indeed, South Africa became one of the developing countries to lead, making a voluntary pledge to reduce emissions by 34 percent by 2020." He urged the Forum to be robust in its interrogation of ideas and initiatives and develop solutions that engage all stakeholders so that the interests of society as a whole are taken forward. Delivering a message on behalf of Donald Kaberuka, AfDB President, Vice President Bobby Pittman said "the CIF are a useful transitional instrument to learn from as Heads of States gear up to discuss the future of climate finance in Durban later this year. Africa needs financing that is clearly dedicated to its priorities and challenges in responding to climate change." The African continent has entered full-force into climate action, leading with new climate-friendly policies and programs and more than a third of current approved funding. Elsewhere in the world, momentum on climate is also growing, with CIF pilot projects in 45 countries. Here in South Africa, next week additional CIF committees (including the pilot program for climate resilience) are set to approve a series of projects that should allocate more than $US400 million to new climate adaptation initiatives in some of the poorest countries in the world. "The CIF's Strategic Climate Fund gives priority to highly vulnerable least developed countries, including the small island developing states. As momentum grows for climate action on the ground, the CIFs can be a real game-changer," said, Admed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa, the Presidential Envoy for Science and Technology from the Maldives, and co-chair of the CIF's Strategic Climate Fund. Speaking at the opening ceremony today, Andrew Steer, World Bank Special Envoy for Climate Change, said: "The CIFs are the largest and most exciting living laboratory for financing climate action in the world. We're now starting to fire on all cylinders. Africa receives more funding through the CIFs than any other region, but it's still not enough." The CIF forum here in Cape Town brings together delegates from participant countries, five multilateral development banks, UN agencies, civil society, indigenous peoples, local communities, private sector, and Page 34 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 other stakeholders to discuss CIF results and impact and chart strategic directions in climate financing. More than 250 stakeholders from 45 nations, including 15 African countries, are here for the two-day meeting. fellow CIF pilot countries and expert panelists. This year's forum features sessions on private sector engagement in mitigation and adaptation investments, scientific updates and guidance on prioritizing actions, climate modeling, and the development of local, clean technology manufacturing industries. African delegations from Algeria, Burkina Faso, DRC, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia, Note to Editors and Zambia are sharing their This Ouarzazate project in experiences in developing and Morocco is the first to be executing CIF investment plans, implemented from the MENA discussing achievements and Region Clean Technology Fund challenges, and learning from Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Investment Plan, which aims to accelerate global deployment of concentrated solar power by investing in expansion programs in five countries of the Middle East and North Africa region: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia. When implemented, this will be one of the largest concentrated solar power developments in the world, adding more than one gigawatt of solar power generation capacity to the Middle East and tripling today's global capacity of concentrated solar power. Haveeru Online (Maldives), 25 June 2011 CIF to fund renewable energy investments in Maldives MALE, June 25 (HNS) – The Maldives has been selected as one of the six pilot countries to receive funding for financing renewable energy investments in the country under the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Programme (SREP) of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF). The President‘s Office stressed that the SREP sub-committee, in June 2010, agreed on an indicative allocation of up to US$30 million for Maldives, which are expected to leverage, additional resources on a scale of 1:4 (or approximately US$120 million). The Office noted that the additional funds would expectedly be mobilised by multilateral development banks, bilateral donors and more notably the private sector. and Technology, speaking at CIF 2011 Partnership Forum being held in Cape Town, South Africa. The President‘s Office further said the Maldives is eligible to potentially access additional (up to US$60 million) SREP resources, which are available in reserve. However, the reserve fund can be accessed by each of the six pilot countries based on defined criteria which will be developed by the SREP subcommittee, the Office added. ―As momentum grows for climate action on the ground, the CIFs can be a real game-changer,‖ added Moosa, who also co-chairs the CIF‘s Strategic Climate Fund. ―The CIF‘s Strategic Climate Fund gives priority to highly vulnerable least developed countries, including the small island developing states,‖ said Ahmed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa, the President‘s Envoy for Science The CIF forum in Cape Town brings together delegates from participant countries, five multilateral development banks, UN agencies, civil society, indigenous peoples, local communities, private sector, and other stakeholders to discuss CIF results and impact and chart strategic directions in climate financing. More than 250 stakeholders from 45 nations, including 15 African countries, Page 35 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 are attending the two-day meeting. African delegations from Algeria, Burkina Faso, DRC, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia, and Zambia are sharing their experiences in developing and executing CIF investment plans, discussing achievements and challenges, and learning from fellow CIF pilot countries and expert panellists. engagement in mitigation and adaptation investments, scientific updates and guidance on prioritising actions, climate modelling, and the development of local, clean technology manufacturing industries. Maldives‘ Science Envoy Moosa co-chaired the Strategic Climate Funds Trust Fund Committee meetings on Thursday and participated in the panel discussions of governance of the CIF‘s at the Partnership Forum yesterday. Moosa will also be cochairing the Joint Trust Funds Committees (Clean Technology Funds and Strategic Climate Funds) meetings to be held tomorrow. Science and Technology Envoy Ahmed Moosa, Permanent Secretaries Ahmed Saleem and Yusuf Riza of Ministry of Housing and Environment and Ministry of Economic Development are heading the Maldives delegation at the CIF meetings and the Partnership Forum held in Cape Town. This year‘s forum features sessions on private sector Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire ISRIA (Paris), 24 June 2011 Maldives Among Six Pilot Countries to Receive CIF´s Funding for Renewable Energy Investments The Madives has been selected as one of six pilot countries to receive funding for financing renewable energy investments in the country under the Climate Investment Funds´ Scaling Up Renewable Energy Programme (SREP). additional (up to USD 60 million) SREP resources which are available in reserve. However, the reserve fund can be accessed by each of the six pilot countries based on defined criteria which will be developed by the SREP sub-committee. In June 2010, the SREP subcommittee agreed on an indicative allocation of up to USD 30 million for Maldives, which are expected to leverage, additional resources on a scale of 1:4 (or approximately USD 120 million). The additional funds would expectedly be mobilized by multilateral development banks, bilateral donors and more notably the private sector. The Maldives is also eligible to potentially access ―The CIF's Strategic Climate Fund gives priority to highly vulnerable least developed countries, including the small island developing states,¨ said Ahmed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa, the President´s Envoy for Science and Technology, speaking at CIF 2011 Partnership Forum being held in Cape Town, South Africa. ¨As momentum grows for climate action on the ground, the CIFs can be a real game-changer," added Moosa, who also co-chairs of the CIF‘s Strategic Climate Fund. The CIF forum in Cape Town brings together delegates from participant countries, five multilateral development banks, UN agencies, civil society, indigenous peoples, local communities, private sector, and other stakeholders to discuss CIF results and impact and chart strategic directions in climate financing. More than 250 stakeholders from 45 nations, including 15 African countries, are here for the two-day meeting. African delegations from Algeria, Burkina Faso, DRC, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Page 36 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia, and Zambia are sharing their experiences in developing and executing CIF investment plans, discussing achievements and challenges, and learning from fellow CIF pilot countries and expert panelists. prioritizing actions, climate modeling, and the development of local, clean technology manufacturing industries. Maldives' Science Envoy Moosa, Co-chaired the Strategic Climate Funds Trust Fund Committee meetings on 23rd July and participated in the panel This year‘s forum features discussions of governance of the sessions on private sector CIF's at the Partnership Forum engagement in mitigation and today. Moosa will also be Coadaptation investments, scientific Chairing the Joint Trust Funds updates and guidance on Committees (Clean Technology Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Funds and Strategic Climate Funds) meetings to be held on Sunday 27th July. The Maldives delegation at the CIF meetings and the Partnership Forum held in Cape Town this week is headed by Science & Technology Envoy Ahmed Moosa, Permanent Secretaries Ahmed Saleem and Yusuf Riza of Ministry of Housing & Environment and Ministry of Economic Development, respectively. AllAfrica com - Jun 2 , 2011 Information Session for the Media On Climate Change - African Media Has Crucial Role to Play The media has a fundamental role to play in sensitizing policy makers and the peoples of Africa about the challenge of climate change, according to journalists at an information session held at the 2011 Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum on 24 and 25 June 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa. These populations, and their decision-makers, are still poorly informed and unaware of these issues, even though they are fundamental to their future. The African media is still not organized by speciality and few journalists are cognizant of the complex issues of climate change, despite the participants agreeing that the effects of climate change in Africa are real: for example, desertification and less access to water. How can this poor level of awareness on African environmental matters be improved? As far as the population is concerned, the focus should be on education: increasing the quantity and quality of information on the effects of changes, but also on what to do on a daily basis to alleviate pollution and improve the environment. As for the media, despite the restricted resources of the African media, increased awareness can be achieved through publishing good stories, and by using low cost media, such as the social media. International organizations can also be more supportive by organizing more training sessions for African journalists. And the media should be better trained, both in general and on environmental issues. Regarding climate change, one journalist said: 'We need a cultural adjustment policy", emphasizing the need for a change of mindset on the continent. As for governments, the issue of climate change should become a priority. Governments should leverage available funds better to adapt and mitigate climate change, and manage these funds properly, said another journalist. A dozen journalists from all regions of Africa and Europe participated in this event. They interacted with representatives from the African Development Bank and the World Bank. Page 37 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire AllAfrica.com, 24 June 2011 African Efforts On Climate Action Get Boost (AfDB) Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum Opens in Cape Town, South Africa African efforts on climate action received a welcome boost today with approval of a groundbreaking renewable energy project in Morocco that should be a game-changer for solar power at large-scale. The 125 megawatt concentrated solar power plant at Ouarzazate is the first project in a regional plan that will eventually triple today's global investments in concentrated solar power. The regional plan is funded to the tune of $200 million in Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and African Development Bank (AfDB) and World Bank cofinancing. The green light for the Moroccan project came on the eve of the CIF Partnership Forum, which opened today in Cape Town and is hosted this year by the African Development Bank. New money for the CIF to scale up renewable energy in low income countries was also announced by Norway earlier in the week. The 150 million krones pledge (equal to $US 27 million) builds on recent commitments of new financial support from Australia and Korea. "We need to accelerate the transition to clean energy while ensuring the supply vital to growth and opportunity and this is a core priority of the Government of South Africa," said Hon. Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Finance, South Africa, in opening remarks at the Forum. "Indeed, South Africa became one of the developing countries to lead, making a voluntary pledge to reduce emissions by 34 percent by 2020." He urged the Forum to be robust in its interrogation of ideas and initiatives and develop solutions that engage all stakeholders so that the interests of society as a whole are taken forward. Delivering a message on behalf of Donald Kaberuka, AfDB President, Vice President Bobby Pittman said "the CIF are a useful transitional instrument to learn from as Heads of States gear up to discuss the future of climate finance in Durban later this year. Africa needs financing that is clearly dedicated to its priorities and challenges in responding to climate change." The African continent has entered full-force into climate action, leading with new climate-friendly policies and programs and more than a third of current approved funding. Elsewhere in the world, momentum on climate is also growing, with CIF pilot projects in 45 countries. Here in South Africa, next week additional CIF committees (including the pilot program for climate resilience) are set to approve a series of projects that should allocate more than $US400 million to new climate adaptation initiatives in some of the poorest countries in the world. "The CIF's Strategic Climate Fund gives priority to highly vulnerable least developed countries, including the small island developing states. As momentum grows for climate action on the ground, the CIFs can be a real game-changer," said, Admed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa, the Presidential Envoy for Science and Technology from the Maldives, and co-chair of the CIF's Strategic Climate Fund. Speaking at the opening ceremony today, Andrew Steer, World Bank Special Envoy for Climate Change, said: "The CIFs are the largest and most exciting living laboratory for financing climate action in the world. We're now starting to fire on all cylinders. Le Groupe de la BAD n’assume aucune responsabilité quant au contenu des articles sélectionnés dans cette revue de presse, destinée exclusivement à l’usage interne du Groupe de la BAD Page 38 sur 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Africa receives more funding through the CIFs than any other region, but it's still not enough." The CIF forum here in Cape Town brings together delegates from participant countries, five multilateral development banks, UN agencies, civil society, indigenous peoples, local communities, private sector, and other stakeholders to discuss CIF results and impact and chart strategic directions in climate financing. More than 250 stakeholders from 45 nations, including 15 African countries, are here for the two-day meeting. Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia, and Zambia are sharing their experiences in developing and executing CIF investment plans, discussing achievements and challenges, and learning from fellow CIF pilot countries and expert panelists. This year's forum features sessions on private sector engagement in mitigation and adaptation investments, scientific updates and guidance on prioritizing actions, climate modeling, and the development of local, clean technology manufacturing industries. African delegations from Algeria, Note to Editors Burkina Faso, DRC, Egypt, This Ouarzazate project in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco is the first to be Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire implemented from the MENA Region Clean Technology Fund Investment Plan, which aims to accelerate global deployment of concentrated solar power by investing in expansion programs in five countries of the Middle East and North Africa region: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia. When implemented, this will be one of the largest concentrated solar power developments in the world, adding more than one gigawatt of solar power generation capacity to the Middle East and tripling today's global capacity of concentrated solar power. ESI-AFRICA.COM 5 July 2011 African leaders plan to launch green fund C 17 ‒ to be held in outh Africa in November Malabo, Equatorial Guinea --ESI-AFRICA.COM --- 05 July 2011 - African leaders are planning to launch a fund this year for the purpose of helping the continent access and manage its share of the money that it receives from the global U.N. Green Climate Fund. was one of the few agreements to come out stalled climate talks in 2009. Reuters reports that climate negotiators have yet to establish the Green Climate Fund, which the United Nations wants to be able to deliver US$100 billion a year by 2020. The idea of the fund The global cost of combating and adapting to climate change is estimated at US$46 trillion up to 2050, or US$1 trillion a year. The resources will help poor countries brace for the effects of climate change while also investing in projects that mitigate it, such as renewable energy and protecting forests. Ibrahima Dia ‒ a senior U.N. and African Union official involved in the talks ‒ said the African Development Bank would establish and manage the fund, which was needed as African states individually lack the knowledge and technology to secure their share of global climate funds. The fund will be launched at COP17, the next round of climate change talks in South Africa in November. African leaders have been trying to firm up a united position for the continent, which experts say will be one of the Page 39 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 most affected by climate change because of its susceptibility to drought. only four countries ‒ South Africa, Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt ‒ currently had the expertise, the knowledge and technology to attract the money from global climate funds. Dia told Reuters on the sidelines of an African Union summit in Equatorial Guinea, where leaders discussed climate change, that Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire ―We want to use the knowledge and expertise of the African Development Bank in managing ad hoc mechanisms to set up that African Green Fund,‖ Dia added. CarbonAsia – 26 June 2011 Summary highlights of the meeting “Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum” The 2011 Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum took place from 24-25 June 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa. The Forum was organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank, in collaboration with other multilateral development bank (MDB) partners. It brought together approximately 450 participants, including representatives of governments, non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations, United Nations agencies, indigenous peoples and the private sector. The aim of the 2011 Partnership Forum was to provide an opportunity for CIF stakeholders to: share their experiences of how the CIF are working in their countries; exchange lessons learned about what is most effective and discuss how the CIF Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire can be expanded or improved; share on-the-ground achievements, challenges and knowledge; and help other CIF stakeholders apply lessons learned. The Forum also aimed to: raise awareness of the CIF and the country selection process; provide feedback to the CIF governing bodies; and identify opportunities for further stakeholder participation. The Ecosystem Marketplace's Forest Carbon News, 13 June 2011 Tracking Terrestrial Carbon The collection of stalled and wrecked policies accumulating on the shoulder of the road to meaningful climate action are not distracting project developers and market players who appear to be staying confident with eyes fixed directly ahead. In California, another firestorm of commentary and debate broke yesterday with news that the state will delay enforcement of its capand-trade scheme until 2013, a year later than previously planned. Despite repeated assurances over recent months that rule making and planning was going at pace to avoid delays in the roll out of the cap-and-trade program, it appears California's regulators have faced more hurdles and detours than could fit into their ambitious time line. On the sleepier international climate policy front, it came as little surprise when climate talks at Bonn ended with the postKyoto outlook gloomy as ever.With the EU being the only developed world constituency to Page 40 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 agree to a post-2012 Kyoto-like agreement, many observers remain unconvinced that disagreements between developed and developing nations will be resolved between now and the Durban talks in December. At the same time negotiators continue punting on broader policy issues, REDD+ remains an enticing topic as negotiators move slowly forward evaluating financing mechanisms and options for forest emissions reference levels. The company, however, denies wrong doing, saying the operation was halted, and besides, it was part of a legal concession anyway. We're trying hard to imagine a better recipe for confidence in the monitoring and enforcement many critics voiced concerns over prior to the belated Presidential decree. Meanwhile, project developers are cruising down the autobahn. Indonesia's Papua province will be the home to a new publicIn Indonesia, the new car smell private partnership designed to from the national forest fuel regional demand and moratorium (officially sanctioned reinvestment in REDD+and other just last month), has worn off as conservation projects using VCS reports of its first alleged violation project grouping. The firstforest emerge. A Malaysia-based project to be registered formally company with palm oil interests in under the American Carbon Indonesia has been accused of Registry added a new notch to its violating the moratorium by belt after receiving a $5.6M clearing peat forest the day after investment from a US rail the landmark decree was signed. company. And what's more, the Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire first government-backed insurance package was unveiled covering political risks to a pioneering private REDD+ project developer. Not to give an overly happy picture, we also caught wind of one highly-rated, but nevertheless distressed, project calling out for bids to bankroll its next seven years in Mozambique. It's probably no surprise by now for our dear readers to see the array of dedicated project developers working to forge boldly ahead while broader and fundamental political efforts seem to be stymied or only just moseying slowly along, but deep down we're sure there's still a little seed of hope in all of you that policymakers can find that needed rest-stop and finally get back up to speed with their private counterparts. Stakeholder Forum, Outreach Bulletin, 25 June 2011 Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum Opens in Cape Town, South Africa Yesterday the Climate Investment Funds’ diverse array of stakeholders descended upon the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) to take stock of progress, lessons learnt and delineate a climatesmart path forward, writes Sabrina Chesterman. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the CIF 2011 Partnership Forum yesterday in Cape Town, Andrew Steer, World Bank Special Envoy for Climate Change, said: ―The CIFs are the largest and most exciting living laboratory for financing climate action in the world. We‘re now starting to fire on all cylinders. Africa receives more funding through the CIFs than any other region, but it‘s still not enough.‖ More than 250 stakeholders from 45 nations, including 15 African countries, are here for the two-day meeting. This year‘s forum features sessions on private sector engagement in mitigation and adaptation investments, scientific updates and guidance on prioritizing actions, climate modeling, and the development of Page 41 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 local, clean technology manufacturing industries. African delegations from Algeria, Burkina Faso, DRC, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia, and Zambia are sharing their experiences in developing and executing CIF investment plans, discussing achievements and challenges, and learning from fellow CIF pilot countries and expert panelists. ―We need to accelerate the transition to clean energy while ensuring the supply vital to growth and opportunity and this is a core priority of the Government of South Africa,‖ said Hon. Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Finance, South Africa, in opening remarks at the Forum. Delivering a message on behalf of Donald Kaberuka, AfDB President, Vice President Bobby Pittman said ―the CIF are a useful transitional instrument to learn from as Heads of States gear up to discuss the future of climate finance in Durban later this year. Africa needs financing that is clearly dedicated to its priorities and challenges in responding to climate change.‖ Here in South Africa, next week additional CIF committees (including the pilot program for climate resilience) are set to approve a series of projects that should allocate more than $US400 million to new climate adaptation initiatives in some of the poorest countries in the world. African Efforts on Climate Action get Boost African efforts on climate action received a welcome boost today with approval of a groundbreaking renewable energy project in Morocco that should be a game-changer for solar power at large-scale. The 125 megawatt concentrated solar power plant at Ouarzazate is the first project in a regional plan that will eventually triple today‘s global investments in concentrated solar power. The regional plan is funded to the tune of $200 million in Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and African Development Bank (AfDB) and World Bank cofinancing. The green light for the Moroccan project came on the eve of the CIF Partnership Forum, which opened today in Cape Town and is hosted this year by the African Development Bank. New money for the CIF to scale up renewable energy in low income countries was also announced by Norway earlier in the week. The 150 million krones pledge (equal to $US 27 million) builds on recent commitments of new financial support from Australia and Korea Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Fin24.com (South Africa), 24 June 2011 Gordhan: Africa must end reliance on aid Cape Town - The development trajectory on the African continent should be reformulated, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Friday. Speaking at the Climate Investment Funds partnership forum hosted by the African Development Bank, he indicated Africa would be a key player in global growth and development in the next 20 to 30 years. Africa within the multi-polar context was the site of new sources of demand, the site of new sources of growth, and the sight potentially even of new possibilities of innovation and experience. "What Africa does require is that the traditional paradigms of development and funding and aid need to be transformed," Gordhan said. Page 42 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 What was required was a new formula and a new approach which linked action on climate change to genuine development for the peoples of Africa. "And a systematic and urgent process that will eradicate poverty on this continent as well. how we can, if you like, reformulate the development trajectory that we are used to on the African continent and use this an opportunity to experiment on a much broader scale to ensure that the benefits of growth and the benefits of development don't get left with a small elite, but the billion people on the African continent in 10 years' time can say that as a result of interaction... they can see a real change in their lives." "So, while we are focusing on funding and climate change issues and technology issues and related matters, let us also ask ourselves Gordhan said he firmly believed that the African continent could also be a site for research and development. "For industrialisation and economic development in Africa; for genuine job creation on the African continent and skills development. It could also be a centre for innovation, and what was required was the right kind of partnerships which would enable Africa to fulfil this particular potential. "One of the serious challenges that all of us face is climate change and its various instruments being seen as private goods or public goods and how do we make these public goods more generally available, certainly to the most vulnerable people around the world, will be one of the many challenges that we face," he said. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire CityPress.co.za (South Africa), 24 June 2011 Gordhan calls for rethinking of African development trajectory The development trajectory on the African continent should be reformulated, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said today. Speaking at Climate Investment Funds partnership forum hosted by the African Development Bank, he indicated Africa would be a key player in global growth and development in the next 20 to 30 years. Africa within the multi-polar context was the site of new sources of demand, the site of new sources of growth, and the sight potentially even of new possibilities of innovation and experience. ―What Africa does require is that the traditional paradigms of development and funding and aid needs to be transformed,‖ Gordhan said. What was required was a new formula and a new approach which linked action on climate change to genuine development for the peoples of Africa. ―For industrialisation and economic development in Africa; for genuine job creation on the African continent and skills development. ―And a systematic and urgent process that will eradicate poverty on this continent as well. So, while we are focusing on funding and climate change issues and technology issues and related matters, let us also ask ourselves how we can, if you like, reformulate the development trajectory that we are used to on the African continent and use this an opportunity to experiment on a much broader scale to ensure that the benefits of growth and the benefits of development don‘t get left with a small elite, but the billion people on the African continent in ten years time can say that as a result of interaction... they can see a real change in their lives.‖ Gordhan said he firmly believed that the African continent could Page 43 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 also be a site for research and development. which would enable Africa to fulfil this particular potential. It could also be a centre for innovation, and what was required was the right kind of partnerships ―One of the serious challenges that all of us face is climate change and its various instruments being seen as private goods or public goods and how do we make these public goods more generally available, certainly to the must vulnerable people around the world, will be one of the many challenges that we face,‖ he said. - SAPA Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire EngineeringNews.co.za (South Africa), 24 June 2011 Reformulate African development trajectory – Gordhan The development trajectory on the African continent should be reformulated, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Friday. Speaking at Climate Investment Funds partnership forum hosted by the African Development Bank, he indicated Africa would be a key player in global growth and development in the next 20 to 30 years. Africa within the multi-polar context was the site of new sources of demand, the site of new sources of growth, and the sight potentially even of new possibilities of innovation and experience. which linked action on climate change to genuine development for the peoples of Africa. that as a result of interaction... they can see a real change in their lives." "For industrialisation and economic development in Africa; for genuine job creation on the African continent and skills development. Gordhan said he firmly believed that the African continent could also be a site for research and development. "And a systematic and urgent process that will eradicate poverty on this continent as well. "So, while we are focusing on funding and climate change issues and technology issues and related matters, let us also ask ourselves how we can, if you like, reformulate the development trajectory that we are used to on "What Africa does require is that the African continent and use this the traditional paradigms of an opportunity to experiment on a development and funding and aid much broader scale to ensure that needs to be transformed," the benefits of growth and the Gordhan said. benefits of development don't get left with a small elite, but the What was required was a new billion people on the African formula and a new approach continent in ten years time can say Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire It could also be a centre for innovation, and what was required was the right kind of partnerships which would enable Africa to fulfil this particular potential. "One of the serious challenges that all of us face is climate change and its various instruments being seen as private goods or public goods and how do we make these public goods more generally available, certainly to the must vulnerable people around the world, will be one of the many challenges that we face," he said. Edited by: Sapa Page 44 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 South African Press Association, 24 June 2011 Reformulate African development trajectory – Gordhan The development trajectory on the African continent should be reformulated, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Friday. Speaking at Climate Investment Funds partnership forum hosted by the African Development Bank, he indicated Africa would be a key player in global growth and development in the next 20 to 30 years. Africa within the multi-polar context was the site of new sources of demand, the site of new sources of growth, and the sight potentially even of new possibilities of innovation and experience. "What Africa does require is that the traditional paradigms of development and funding and aid needs to be transformed," Gordhan said. which linked action on climate change to genuine development for the peoples of Africa. "For industrialisation and economic development in Africa; for genuine job creation on the African continent and skills development. "And a systematic and urgent process that will eradicate poverty on this continent as well. "So, while we are focusing on funding and climate change issues and technology issues and related matters, let us also ask ourselves how we can, if you like, reformulate the development trajectory that we are used to on the African continent and use this an opportunity to experiment on a much broader scale to ensure that the benefits of growth and the benefits of development don't get left with a small elite, but the billion people on the African continent in ten years time can say that as a result of interaction... they can see a real change in their lives." Gordhan said he firmly believed that the African continent could also be a site for research and development. It could also be a centre for innovation, and what was required was the right kind of partnerships which would enable Africa to fulfil this particular potential. "One of the serious challenges that all of us face is climate change and its various instruments being seen as private goods or public goods and how do we make these public goods more generally available, certainly to the must vulnerable people around the world, will be one of the many challenges that we face," he said. What was required was a new formula and a new approach Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire South African Press Association, 27 June 2011 Solar Water Heaters Offer Relief to Locals For years the only hot water in Zoleka Mali's home came out of a pot on her paraffin stove. But earlier this year, South Africa's power company Eskom installed a solar heater on her roof, giving her a free and endless supply of hot water as part of a campaign that aims to ease pressure on the grid and make solar power more popular. "I don't know much about renewable energy though or environmental stuff," said Mali. What she does know is the clear benefits of her water heater, what South Africans call a geyser. "The geysers use the sun to heat up the water. My electricity is not affected and I have even stopped using my paraffin stove as it was dangerous," said the mother of two from Zwide township in the industrial city of Port Elizabeth. Eskom offers a basic free allowance of electricity to lowPage 45 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 income South Africans, which is enough to keep the lights on but not enough to have regular water for bathing or cleaning. Eskom has so far spent 340 million rands ($49 million, 35 million euros) on its rebate programme. So many use paraffin stoves that are a leading cause of home fires which can be hard to contain in crowded neighbourhoods. "Eskom and government's joint objective is to save energy and to encourage the use of renewable energy, as well as to provide relief to low income households," said Eskom spokeswoman Hillary Joffe. Mali is one of the 30,000 beneficiaries in Port Elizabeth, where the black and silver rooftop geysers have become known locally as "flies", because of the way they look from a distance, shimmering in the sun. The solar project has already reduced the demand for electricity by 22 megawatts, she said. Eskom's objective is to install one million solar water heaters throughout country by 2015, with tens of thousands already installed in other cities around the country. That's a tiny fraction of the power produced by a coal power plant, but about one-fifth of the electricity that would be generated by a planned solar field in the arid Northern Cape. The company is offering 110-litre geysers for free in township homes, but wealthier families needing larger volumes also receive a subsidy to encourage them to switch to solar. South Africa has dramatically expanded access to electricity since the end of white-minority rule in 1994, but nearly one in five people still has no power at home. Expanded access has left Eskom battling an electricity shortage due to a lack of investment in new capacity and an ageing power stations that resulted national blackouts in January 2008. Massive new coal plants are being built to cope with South Africa's energy needs, but international loans for those projects have also required the country to commit more resources to renewables. The country already emits half of Africa's greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from coalpowered power stations. The African Development Bank earlier this month approved a $365 million loan to help fund Eskom's wind and solar projects. The country also keen to be perceived as more environmentally friendly in the run-up to UN climate talks in November in Durban, which will seek to create a deal to follow up on the Kyoto Protocol. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire The Star (South Africa), 28 June 2011 Blockade pressure on Eskom to clean up its act Environmental activists have threatened to repeat their blockade of Eskom‘s head office if the power utility fails to live up to its promises to invest in renewable energy. At dawn yesterday, Greenpeace Africa activists used three tipper trucks to unload 5 tons of coal in front of Eskom‘s Megawatt Park, Sandton, offices, effectively blocking the office park‘s main entrance and causing a huge traffic jam in Sunninghill. The action was intended to highlight the perceived cost of Eskom‘s heavy reliance on coal for power, such as environmental destruction; the pollution of scarce water supplies; and the destruction of people‘s health and well-being. The environmental activists started their operation shortly before rush hour. With them were three tipper trucks coming off the highway, along with a van full of support staff, who quickly set up their traffic cones and unfurled a Page 46 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 banner reading ―Eskom clean up your act‖. The three tippers dumped their coal loads at the main entrance to Eskom‘s head office, causing a snarl-up at the alternative entrance and a traffic back-up along Maxwell Drive. At noon yesterday, the coal was still blocking the entrance to Megawatt Park, but traffic was flowing as normal. Greenpeace insisted yesterday morning ―it‘s their (Eskom‘s) mess‖ and that the company would have to clean it up. While there had been a small police presence, the protest passed peacefully and no arrests were made. Greenpeace‘s Melita Steele said South Africans should be concerned about where their power comes from. ―Eskom should end its addiction to coal and shift massive investments to large-scale renewable energy products,‖ said Steele. million tons of coal a year. Ninety percent of South Africa‘s power is derived from coal. renewable energy programmes on the table, but were stifled by a lack of funding. ―Everybody has been very understanding and seems to comprehend the need for action to prevent climate change,‖ said Dianne McAlpine, a Greenpeace activist handing out flyers to passing motorists. The energy utility had committed to ensuring that 43 percent of all new capacity would be renewable energy. The activists argue that renewable energy is a much more efficient and cost-saving way to secure the country‘s energy needs. South Africa already emits half of Africa‘s greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from coal-fired power stations. The African Development Bank earlier this month approved a $365 million (R2.4 billion) loan to help fund Eskom‘s wind and solar projects. The country is also keen to be perceived as more environmentally friendly in the run-up to UN climate talks in November in Durban, which will seek to create a deal to follow up on the Kyoto Protocol. Her organisation wants Eskom to stop its construction of the Kusile coal-fired power plant in Responding to the activists, Emalahleni, set to produce 4 Eskom spokeswoman Hilary Joffe 800MW of power while using 17 said her company had two Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire ―We have money that‘s sitting there for renewable energy projects, but we need the government to release it,‖ said Joffe. Eskom had also started a 100MW wind power station in the Western Cape, with a 100MW solar plant planned for the Northern Cape. As the demonstration wound down, Steele warned there would be further protests if Eskom failed to deliver on its promise to ratchet up its efforts to secure renewable energy sources. One of Eskom‘s objectives is to install 1 million solar water heaters by 2015. The company is offering 110-litre geysers for free in township homes, and wealthier families needing larger volumes receive a subsidy to encourage them to switch to solar. Beauregard Tromp AfricanBusinessReview.co.za (South Africa), 28 June 2011 Greenpeace Africa's dirty protest at Eskom HQ Environmental group dump coal outside South Africa's power utility offices Greenpeace Africa turned the war on coal dirty yesterday as they Page 47 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 dumped five tonnes of it outside Eskom‘s head office in Johannesburg. emissions from 224.7 million tonnes to 230.3 million tonnes over the last financial year. illustrates Eskom‘s lack of commitment to a sustainable future for SA." The environmental group put more pressure on South Africa‘s power utility to switch to cleaner energy sources on the day that Eskom‘s financial results for the year to end in March were released. "Instead of locking SA into a dirty energy future by investing in Kusile, Eskom should be investing in people and green jobs,‖ said Greenpeace climate campaigner Melita Steele. The African Development Bank (AfDB) recently announced $365 million, which includes $100m from the Clean Technology Fund, would be loaned to Eskom to facilitate projects in the Western Cape and Northern Cape. ―Eskom‘s investments in New power stations at Kusile and renewable energy are limited to Medupi have helped to increase tiny projects of 100MW of wind Eskom‘s carbon dioxide and 100MW of solar. This Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Melissa Rudd ESI-Africa.com (online power journal), 1 July 2011 Plans to develop stalled Inga 3 hydropower project may be too risky Cape Town, South Africa --- ESIAFRICA.COM --- 01 July 2011 Current plans to develop the stalled US$8 to US$10 billion Inga 3 hydropower project on the Congo River may prove to be too risky because of costs and time, according to a senior African Development Bank (AfDB) official. The bank is financing a study for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government to optimise development of the Congo River's immense hydropower potential, with a prefeasibility study expected in September. drawing a maximum of 3,500 MW of power. ‖We think this is actually a gamechanger,‖ she added. AfDB energy and environment director Hela Cheikhrouhou told Reuters on the sidelines of a G20 infrastructure meeting that preliminary findings suggested this was a very risky option, because it could cost more and take more time than anticipated. The Inga 3 hydropower scheme on the Congo River is one of the largest proposed projects in Africa aimed at overcoming power shortages that have curtailed economic growth on the continent. Cheikhrouhou said the findings showed it would be better to remove the tunnelling option in favour of open channels which could be helped with a dam. ―With that solution, the DRC government could build a 3,500 to 7,000MW project which will be per cost of electricity generated cheaper, faster to implement and less risky, Cheikhrouhou said. Current plans for the development of the Inga 3 project entail drilling up to 70km of tunnels into rock formations the geology of which is not well known, and only Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Cheikhrouhou said rough estimates suggested it would cost in the region of US$7 billion for a 3,500 MW project, doubling to US$14 billion for 7,000 MW, with first power only likely in 2020 in what would be a publicprivate partnership. She revealed that global mining group BHP Billiton, South Africa and Nigeria would probably be the main clients. Page 48 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Mbendi.com (South Africa), 5 July 2011 Countries get US$ 534 million for bold plans to climate-proof water, farming, forests, and cities The Climate Investment Funds (CIFs), a partnership of five multilateral development banks, approved $444 million in grants and near-zero-interest loans to support Cambodia, Mozambique, Nepal, St. Lucia, and Zambia in their efforts toward national-level climate resilience. Also in Cape Town two new investment plans were endorsed for Burkina Faso and Democratic Republic of Congo for a total of $90 million in grants. Under the CIFs‘ Pilot Program for Climate Resilience, five nationwide strategic programs for climate resilience were approved: $105 million for Cambodia to improve irrigation, flood and drought management, climateresistent agriculture and forestry in coastal areas, and mainstream climate resilience into development planning; $102 million for Mozambique to improve the capacity of roads and coastal cities to withstand climate change, transform their hydrometeorological services, and enhance climate-resilient agricultural production and food security; $110 million for Nepal to build climate resilience of watersheds in mountain regions, build resilience to climate-related hazards, and build climateresilient communities through private sector participation; $17 million for St. Lucia to build national climate resilience (as part of the Caribbean Regional Program); and $110 million for Zambia to strengthen climate resilience in Barotse and the Kafue River Basin. The total $444 million funding envelope for these five countries is nearly half grants ($207 million) with $237 million in near-zero-interest credits. These countries join Bangladesh, Grenada, and St. Vincent and Grenadines as the first eight countries in the world to create Strategic Programs for Climate Resilience (SPCRs) linked to their development plans with CIF support. ―The CIF's Strategic Climate Fund gives priority to highly vulnerable least developed countries, including the small island developing states. As momentum grows for climate action on the ground, the CIFs can be a real game-changer," said Admed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa, the Presidential Envoy for Science and Technology from the Maldives, and co-chair of the CIF‘s Strategic Climate Fund, at the end of the first week of meetings. Under the CIF‘s Forest Investment Program, two new investment plans were endorsed: $30 million in grant funding for Burkina Faso to decentralize sustainable forest management, encourage participatory protection of state forest reserves, and integrate information-sharing; $60 million in grant funding for Democratic Republic of Congo to address deforestation and degradation, provide small grants to promising small-scale REDD+ initiatives, and engage the private sector in REDD+. ―This week we‘ve seen impressive strategic plans from the many developing countries who want to partner with the Climate Investment Funds. Now even more countries are queuing up. At this point, nearly all CIF funds have been allocated and as we press forward on implementing these important projects, we are seeing a need for additional financing – at least to cover the gap between today and when the Green Climate Fund is fully operational,‖ said Andrew Steer, World Bank Special Envoy for Climate Change. During the Clean Technology Fund meetings, the Government of India expressed interest in submitting an Investment Plan soon. Despite a current shortage of funds, the Climate Investment Funds have invited India to prepare an Investment Plan that will be reviewed in November 2011. Page 49 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 ―We estimate that current programs in the Clean Technology Fund will result in 1.56 billion tons of CO2 reductions or avoidance. If and when India partners with the CTF we will see even more dramatic CO2 reductions being financed by the Climate Investment Funds,‖ Steer added. OTHER RECENT FINANCING DECISIONS As announced last week during the first CIF Committee Meetings, the CIFs‘ Clean Technology Fund also approved $197 million for the 125 megawatt Ouarzazate I Concentrated Solar Project in Morocco, a large-scale investment that is expected to help bring down the costs of concentrated solar and create as many as 80,000 jobs in Morocco by 2020. This solar power plant is the first project in a Middle East and North Africa Regional Plan that will eventually triple today‘s global investments in concentrated solar power. Morocco is partnering with the African Development Bank and World Bank, two partners in the Climate Investment Funds, on this project. ―Despite all of these efforts, the bottom line is that there is an urgent need to improve access to climate finance at the scale required for transformational impact in Africa and put in place mechanisms that can best respond to Africa‘s needs,‖ said Bobby Pittman, Vice President for Infrastructure, Private Sector and Regional Integration at the African Development Bank. The Morocco solar project was approved just days after the World Bank Board of Directors approved US$47.12 million under the PPCR to help Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines improve the safety of their buildings from the impacts of climate change and increase their public institutions‘ capacity to assess natural risks. Rehabilitating vulnerable infrastructure is a central part of the Caribbean Regional Program and ties directly to PPCR‘s focus on vulnerable countries and small island developing states. Additional donor support to the CIFs was also pledged recently to help scale-up renewable energy in low-income countries. Norway announced a 150 million krones pledge (equal to $US 28 million) and Australia announced a pledge of 25.5 million Australian dollars (equal to $US 27 million). The financing announcements made during the annual CIF Committee Meetings coincided with the 2011 CIF Partnership Forum, a 2-day public dialogue co-hosted by the African Development Bank and cochaired by South Africa. Speeches were made by South African Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, and South African Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, Maite Nkoana- Mashabane. The Forum attracted more than 500 CIF stakeholders from 79 countries to assess progress on CIF investments, explore ways to scale-up countries‘ impact on climate change, and share lessons learned. More than 70 civil society representatives attended the event with many more participating online to discuss green jobs, biodiversity-smart planning for wind farms, and how to finance large-scale, transformative investments. The event featured sessions on private sector engagement, scientific updates, and climate modeling. Discussions were held on the significance of CIF governing bodies‘ equal representation of developed and developing countries, on innovative financing, on national-level planning, and on the importance of involving a range of participants in decision-making. ―Through the CIFs we‘re learning important lessons on climate action and helping inform the discussions on climate finance. It‘s clear that Africa needs financing that reflects its priorities and challenges in responding to climate change,‖ Pittman said. The $6.5 billion Climate Investment Funds are a global partnership of the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, InterAmerican Page 50 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Development Bank, and the World Bank Group. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Businesslive.co.za (South Africa), 27 June 2011 Bank calls for funds to help Africa adapt to climate change The African Development Bank has called for additional funding and new financing instruments to help African countries adapt to climate change. "We think there needs to be a real scaling up of funds, which must take into account the unique challenges in Africa," the bank‘s vice-president for infrastructure, Bobby Pittman, said yesterday after the annual Climate Change Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum, co-hosted by the bank, which drives funding decisions on climate-friendly development supported by the CIF. Mr Pittman said the CIF was a "transitional instrument" that could help heads of state prepare for discussions on climate finance in Durban later this year. The Cancun climate change talks last year agreed to establish a $100bn international Green Climate Fund, and the African Union is keen to establish something similar. The CIF started 18 months ago, and is the largest fund of its kind, with $6,5bn committed to green development projects in 45 countries. Africa has been allocated $2,6bn of these funds, but needed "billions more", said Mr Pittman. "African countries are struggling to find financing to match their proposals for (adapting to) climate change. (They) need more than subsidies for climate adaptation projects. They need facilities to pay for project structuring costs and provide early equity," he said. The CIF‘s Clean Technology Fund has allocated $500m to SA, which is expected to leverage $1,8bn more from multilateral financiers and the private sector. Eskom has been allocated $350m to develop grid-connected renewable energy sources, such as solar water heaters and utilityscale wind power. "SA was one of the first beneficiaries of the fund," said the World Bank‘s director for southern Africa, Ruth Kagia, noting that SA had the opportunity to show change was possible as it was one of the world‘s biggest carbon emitters. On Friday, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan told the forum that greater urgency was needed to combat climate change. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Business Day (South Africa), 27 June 2011 Bank calls for funds to help Africa adapt to climate change The African Development Bank has called for additional funding and new financing instruments to help African countries adapt to climate change. "We think there needs to be a real scaling up of funds, which must take into account the unique challenges in Africa," the bank‘s vice-president for infrastructure, Bobby Pittman, said yesterday after the annual Climate Change Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum, co-hosted by the bank, which drives funding decisions on climate-friendly development supported by the CIF. Mr Pittman said the CIF was a "transitional instrument" that could help heads of state prepare for discussions on climate finance in Durban later this year. Page 51 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 The Cancun climate change talks last year agreed to establish a $100bn international Green Climate Fund, and the African Union is keen to establish something similar. The CIF started 18 months ago, and is the largest fund of its kind, with $6,5bn committed to green development projects in 45 countries. Africa has been allocated $2,6bn of these funds, but needed "billions more", said Mr Pittman. "African countries are struggling to find financing to match their proposals for (adapting to) climate change. (They) need more than subsidies for climate adaptation projects. They need facilities to pay for project structuring costs and provide early equity," he said. The CIF‘s Clean Technology Fund has allocated $500m to SA, which is expected to leverage $1,8bn more from multilateral financiers and the private sector. Eskom has been allocated $350m to develop grid-connected renewable energy sources, such as Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire solar water heaters and utilityscale wind power. "SA was one of the first beneficiaries of the fund," said the World Bank‘s director for southern Africa, Ruth Kagia, noting that SA had the opportunity to show change was possible as it was one of the world‘s biggest carbon emitters. On Friday, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan told the forum that greater urgency was needed to combat climate change. Business Day (South Africa), 24 June 2011 Gordhan urges action on climate change Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says ordinary citizens want urgent shift in policy around climate change speaking at green investment conference CAPE TOWN - Climate change is the most pressing challenge faced by humanity today and greater urgency is needed to address it, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said this morning at the Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum. "The challenge is how do we generate the right level of urgency, which is what ordinary citizens, the billions of people who live on this earth, want?" said Mr Gordhan. "They don‘t want years and years of negotiations, they don‘t want long bureaucratic processes to decide whether $100m is going to be lent to someone," he said. The Forum is an annual event cohosted by the African Development Bank where funding decisions are taken on climatefriendly development. It is being held in Africa for the first time this year, and has attracted from African nations, United Nations agencies, multilateral development banks, the private sector and civil society. Bobby Pitman, the vice president of infrastructure for the African Development Bank said: "Africa has contributed less to climate change than other continents, but the relative economic costs are relatively higher here than elsewhere in the world. From now until 2030, the estimated costs are around 3% of the continent‘s GDP or $40bn per year." TAMAR KAHN Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Page 52 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Business Day, 27/06/2011 Bank calls for funds to help Africa adapt to climate change African Development Bank calls for additional funding and new financing instruments to help African countries adapt to climate change CAPE TOWN — The African Development Bank has called for additional funding and new financing instruments to help African countries adapt to climate change. The Cancun climate change talks last year agreed to establish a $100bn international Green Climate Fund, and the African Union is keen to establish something similar. "We think there needs to be a real scaling up of funds, which must take into account the unique challenges in Africa," the bank‘s vice-president for infrastructure, Bobby Pittman, said yesterday after the annual Climate Change Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum, co-hosted by the bank, which drives funding decisions on climate-friendly development supported by the CIF. The CIF started 18 months ago, and is the largest fund of its kind, with $6,5bn committed to green development projects in 45 countries. Africa has been allocated $2,6bn of these funds, but needed "billions more", said Mr Pittman. Mr Pittman said the CIF was a "transitional instrument" that could help heads of state prepare for discussions on climate finance in Durban later this year. "African countries are struggling to find financing to match their proposals for (adapting to) climate change. (They) need more than subsidies for climate adaptation projects. They need facilities to pay for project structuring costs and provide early equity," he said. which is expected to leverage $1,8bn more from multilateral financiers and the private sector. Eskom has been allocated $350m to develop grid-connected renewable energy sources, such as solar water heaters and utilityscale wind power. "SA was one of the first beneficiaries of the fund," said the World Bank‘s director for southern Africa, Ruth Kagia, noting that SA had the opportunity to show change was possible as it was one of the world‘s biggest carbon emitters. On Friday, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan told the forum that greater urgency was needed to combat climate change. TAMAR KAHN, [email protected] The CIF‘s Clean Technology Fund has allocated $500m to SA, Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire News Tonight Africa (South Africa), 24 June 2011 Climatic Change a Tough Challenge to Humanity, Says Pravin Gordhan Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan has marked the climatic change as a tough challenge to humanity while stressing on the need to of some policies against the matter, at the Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum. "The challenge is how do we generate the right level of urgency, which is what ordinary citizens, the billions of people who live on this earth, want?", added the minister. "They don‘t want years and years of negotiations, they don‘t want long bureaucratic processes to decide whether $100m is going to be lent to someone‖. The Finance Minister has forecasted that during the next 20 to 30 years, the country will prove its worth to play a major role in global growth and development. Page 53 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 The forum is scheduled to organize events annually in collaboration with the African Development Bank, co-host. This year, the forum was organized in Africa for the first time. The Vice President of infrastructure for the African Development Bank, Bobby Pitman, claimed that Africa has contributed less towards the climatic changes as compared to other countries. However, he expressed some disappointment Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire over the relatively high economic costs. Till 2020, the estimated costs will be around 3% of the continent‘s GDP or $40bn per year, revealed Bobby Pitman. News Tonight Africa (South Africa), 27 June 2011 African Development Bank Calling for More Funds Enabling Africa to Adapt to Climate Change African Countries desperately needs to adapt to climate change and thus to serve the need, additional funds and new financial instruments are being looked and called for by The African Development Bank, who also cohosted the annual Climate Change Investments Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum that playa a major role in making funding decisions regarding climatefriendly development. "We think there needs to be a real scaling up of funds, which must take into account the unique challenges in Africa". Mr. Pittman in his statement also marked that the CIF was a "transitional instrument," with the help of which the heads of state can easily prepare and turn the circumstances to favor discussions on climate finance in Durban later this year. To serve the purpose, The Cancun climate change talks were held last year during which it was agreed to establish a $100bn international Green Climate Fund, Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Regarding the situation, the Bank‘s Vice-president for infrastructure, Mr. Bobby Pittman, said after the Forum that and thus for the African Countries as well, the African Union is keen to establish something similar. CIF has been serving the countries since 18 months and has today become the largest fund of its kind, which has already made commitments worth $6,5bn towards green development projects in 45 countries. Continuing in his statement, Mr. Pittman said that ―Africa has been allocated $2,6bn of these funds, but needed billions more". Sonwabile Makoni Environment.co.za, 4 July 2011 Africa: Countries Call for Easy Access to Climate Change Finance The 2011 Climate Investment ended with a call on managers of Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum, the United Nations Climate hosted by the African Change Fund (UNCCF) to Development Bank (AfDB) has remove the bottlenecks in Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire accessing the climate change financing for Africa. Page 54 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Ghana Business News, 23 June 2011 AfDB budgets $145m for Africa‟s Climate Development Fund The African Development Bank (AfDB) has budgeted an amount of $145 million for the establishment of a climate fund for Africa known as the ―ClimDev Africa Special Fund‖ (CDSF). The establishment of the ClimDev-Africa Special Fund follows a resolution adopted by the Board of Governors of the Bank in 2010. This is to fight against climate change and the development of low carbon economies in Africa, the AfDB said. ―Regarding the fight against climate change and the development of low carbon economies, the Bank is establishing the Clim-Dev Africa Special Fund, with a $145 million budget‖, the AfDB disclosed in a press statement earlier this month. The fund, a multi-donor facility initiated by the African Development Bank, African Union Commission (AUC) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), is to finance climate information for development in Africa. will for the first time be hosted in Africa. ―Its objective is to integrate climate information and services into development planning and to mainstream climate considerations into policies and programs,‖ the AfDB 2010 Annual Report stated. The forum will be attended by African delegations from Ghana, Algeria, Burkina Faso, DRC, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia, and Zambia who will share their experiences in developing and executing CIF investment plans, discuss achievements and challenges, and learn from fellow CIF pilot countries and expert panelists. In this context, the AfDB intends to maintain its strategic goal as a ―privileged partner of Africa‖, as well as meeting the urgent needs for economic and social inclusion across the continent. In a related development more than 400 stakeholders from 45 nations, including 15 African countries, will gather in Cape Town, South Africa on June 2425 to attend the 2011 Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum, co-hosted by the AfDB. The investment package for the CIF is $6.7 billion. The annual event where funding decisions on climate-smart development worldwide are taken According to the AfDB, Africa will put 38% of CIFs‘ $6.5 billion to work across the continent. According to the AfDB, in Africa, pledges of $2.6 billion in CIF financing are leveraging additional funds from Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) and other sources for one regional and 13 national investment plans covering renewable energy and energy efficiency, clean urban transport, climate-compatible development planning, and sustainable forest management initiatives among others. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire All Africa, 28 June 2011 Fast And Inclusive - That's the Goal for Climate Change Investment Plans, Says AfDB Expert Speed versus consultation was the main debating point during the in- country partnerships session at the Climate Investment Fund (CIF) Partnership Forum, hosted by the African Development Bank Page 55 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 (AfDB) in Cape Town on 24 and 25 June, 2011. private investors in climate investment plans. On the one hand, there is the need to act and deliver on climate change as quickly as possible. But on the other hand, a wide variety of stakeholders, including the program beneficiaries, must be engaged at all levels. There is an inherent tension between speed and consultation, as the latter tends to be a lengthy process. One solution is to reinforce government systems and provide better clarity from partner governments to facilitate private sector investments plans and to ensure better coordination among donors. Mafalda Duarte, Principal Climate Specialist at the AfDB and CIF Coordinator, said there must be concerted efforts to bring stakeholders to the table. One of the main challenge in this regard is the creation of a 'mapping system' that ensures inclusiveness and representativeness of stakeholders in any country. Another issue is private sector engagement is how best to engage "If countries prepare better for these new opportunities for increased climate investments, they will be better recipients of these investments and attain better results', said Ms Duarte. Her comments were echoed by fellow panelist, Guy Patrice Dkamela of the Network for the Environment and Sustainable Development in Central Africa. He suggested creating a common communications platform that would create clear communications rules and a strategy for consulting all actors. In the same vein, David Reed, Climate Change Consultant , argued for the creation of matchmaking agencies - national climate registries that would help match up national needs with available funding, helping to link stakeholders in the process. With more creative ideas like this, it should be possible to be fast and inclusive at the same time. Given the urgency to address climate change, this is good news indeed. Ms Duarte says more collaboration and climate change in a podcast entitled: "Where does the CIF fit in the climate finance puzzle?" She was joined in the studio by Matthew Wyatt from the Department for International Development (DFID, UK) and Thomas Heller, Climate Policy Initiative. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire ABCLive.in (India), 25 June 2011 CIF's Strategic Climate Fund Approves Moroccan‟s 125MW Solar Power Plant African efforts on climate action received a welcome boost on Friday with approval of the 125 megawatt concentrated solar power plant at Ouarzazate in Morocco by CIF's Strategic Climate Fund. The 125 megawatt concentrated solar power plant at Ouarzazate is the first project in a regional plan that will eventually triple today‘s global investments in concentrated solar power. The regional plan is funded to the tune of $200 million in Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and African Development Bank (AfDB) and World Bank cofinancing. The green light for the Moroccan project came on the eve of the CIF Partnership Forum, which opened today in Cape Town and is hosted this year by the African Development Bank. New money for the CIF to scale up renewable energy in low income countries was also announced by Norway earlier in the week. The 150 million krones pledge (equal to $US 27 million) builds on recent commitments of Page 56 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 new financial support from Australia and Korea. "We need to accelerate the transition to clean energy while ensuring the supply vital to growth and opportunity and this is a core priority of the Government of South Africa," said Hon. Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Finance, South Africa, in opening remarks at the Forum. "Indeed, South Africa became one of the developing countries to lead, making a voluntary pledge to reduce emissions by 34 percent by 2020." He urged the Forum to be robust in its interrogation of ideas and initiatives and develop solutions that engage all stakeholders so that the interests of society as a whole are taken forward. Delivering a message on behalf of Donald Kaberuka, AfDB President, Vice President Bobby Pittman said "the CIF are a useful transitional instrument to learn from as Heads of States gear up to discuss the future of climate finance in Durban later this year. Africa needs financing that is clearly dedicated to its priorities and challenges in responding to climate change.‖ The African continent has entered full-force into climate action, leading with new climate-friendly policies and programs and more than a third of current approved funding. Elsewhere in the world, momentum on climate is also growing, with CIF pilot projects in 45 countries. Here in South Africa, next week additional CIF committees (including the pilot program for climate resilience) are set to approve a series of projects that should allocate more than $US400 million to new climate adaptation initiatives in some of the poorest countries in the world. ―The CIF's Strategic Climate Fund gives priority to highly vulnerable least developed countries, including the small island developing states. As momentum grows for climate action on the ground, the CIFs can be a real game-changer," said, Admed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa, the Presidential Envoy for Science and Technology from the Maldives, and co-chair of the CIF‘s Strategic Climate Fund. Speaking at the opening ceremony today, Andrew Steer, World Bank Special Envoy for Climate Change, said: ―The CIFs are the largest and most exciting living laboratory for financing climate action in the world. We‘re now starting to fire on all cylinders. Africa receives more funding through the CIFs than any other region, but it‘s still not enough.‖ The CIF forum here in Cape Town brings together delegates from participant countries, five multilateral development banks, UN agencies, civil society, indigenous peoples, local communities, private sector, and other stakeholders to discuss CIF results and impact and chart strategic directions in climate financing. More than 250 stakeholders from 45 nations, including 15 African countries, are here for the two-day meeting. This Ouarzazate project in Morocco is the first to be implemented from the MENA Region Clean Technology Fund Investment Plan, which aims to accelerate global deployment of concentrated solar power by investing in expansion programs in five countries of the Middle East and North Africa region: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia. When implemented, this will be one of the largest concentrated solar power developments in the world, adding more than one gigawatt of solar power generation capacity to the Middle East and tripling today‘s global capacity of concentrated solar power. Written by Dinesh Singh Rawat from Cape Town Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Page 57 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Business Report (South Africa), 27 June 2011 „Balance African progress, climate change‟ Climate change policy planning and funding of ameliorative efforts for global warming needed to take account of the ―development trajectory‖ of the African continent, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan told delegates to a climate change forum at the weekend. peoples of Africa for industrialisation and economic development… is needed.‖ Gordhan said he believed that Africa would be emerging as ―a key player‖ in the world economy in the next 30 years. Gordhan said he was ―a firm believer‖ that Africa would become the site for research and development for new technologies and policies to fight climate change. He was speaking at the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum, an annual event hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank where funding decisions on climate-smart development worldwide are taken. ―What Africa does require is that traditional paradigms of funding and aid need to be transformed,‖ he said. Such initiatives should be directed at genuine job creation and skills development ―and urgent and systematic processes that will eradicate poverty on this continent as well,‖ he added. He said climate change was the ―key issue facing humanity‖, which he believed would test the human ability ―to co-operate to overcome adversity, to overcome our instinct to act only within our own self-interest and attempt to act to redefine the global interest‖. ―Let us ask ourselves how we can… reformulate the ―A new formula which links development trajectory on the action on climate change to African continent and use the genuine development for the opportunity… to ensure the Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire benefits of growth don‘t get left to a small elite,‖ he said, adding that the change should benefit Africa‘s 1 billion people. AfDB communications officer Chawki Chahed said that Africa would put nearly 40 percent, or $2.6 billion (R17.9bn), of the CIF‘s $6.5bn to work across the continent this year. The funding is earmarked for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, climatecompatible development planning and sustainable forest management. Delegates from 45 countries attended the forum. The African delegates hailed from Algeria, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia and Zambia. Donwald Pressly IOL.co.za (South Africa), 27 June 2011 „Balance African progress, climate change‟ Climate change policy planning and funding of ameliorative efforts for global warming needed to take account of the ―development trajectory‖ of the African continent, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan told delegates to a climate change forum at the weekend. Gordhan said he believed that Africa would be emerging as ―a key player‖ in the world economy in the next 30 years. He was speaking at the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum, an annual event hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank where funding Page 58 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 decisions on climate-smart development worldwide are taken. ―What Africa does require is that traditional paradigms of funding and aid need to be transformed,‖ he said. ―A new formula which links action on climate change to genuine development for the peoples of Africa for industrialisation and economic development… is needed.‖ Such initiatives should be directed at genuine job creation and skills development ―and urgent and systematic processes that will eradicate poverty on this continent as well,‖ he added. Gordhan said he was ―a firm believer‖ that Africa would become the site for research and development for new technologies and policies to fight climate change. He said climate change was the ―key issue facing humanity‖, which he believed would test the human ability ―to co-operate to overcome adversity, to overcome our instinct to act only within our own self-interest and attempt to act to redefine the global interest‖. ―Let us ask ourselves how we can… reformulate the development trajectory on the African continent and use the opportunity… to ensure the benefits of growth don‘t get left to a small elite,‖ he said, adding that the change should benefit Africa‘s 1 billion people. would put nearly 40 percent, or $2.6 billion (R17.9bn), of the CIF‘s $6.5bn to work across the continent this year. The funding is earmarked for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, climatecompatible development planning and sustainable forest management. Delegates from 45 countries attended the forum. The African delegates hailed from Algeria, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia and Zambia. Donwald Pressly AfDB communications officer Chawki Chahed said that Africa Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire VAdvert.co.uk (London), 29 June 2011 African Efforts on Climate Action Get Boost CAPE TOWN – African efforts on climate action received a welcome boost today with approval of a ground-breaking renewable energy project in Morocco that should be a gamechanger for solar power at largescale. The 125 megawatt concentrated solar power plant at Ouarzazate is the first project in a regional plan that will eventually triple today‘s global investments in concentrated solar power. The regional plan is funded to the tune of $200 million in Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and African Development Bank (AfDB) and World Bank cofinancing. the week. The 150 million krones pledge (equal to $US 27 million) builds on recent commitments of new financial support from Australia and Korea. The green light for the Moroccan project came on the eve of the CIF Partnership Forum, which opened today in Cape Town and is hosted this year by the African Development Bank. ―We need to accelerate the transition to clean energy while ensuring the supply vital to growth and opportunity and this is a core priority of the Government of South Africa,‖ said Hon. Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Finance, South Africa, in opening remarks at the Forum. ―Indeed, South Africa became one of the New money for the CIF to scale up renewable energy in low income countries was also announced by Norway earlier in Page 59 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 developing countries to lead, making a voluntary pledge to reduce emissions by 34 percent by 2020.‖ He urged the Forum to be robust in its interrogation of ideas and initiatives and develop solutions that engage all stakeholders so that the interests of society as a whole are taken forward. Delivering a message on behalf of Donald Kaberuka, AfDB President, Vice President Bobby Pittman said ―the CIF are a useful transitional instrument to learn from as Heads of States gear up to discuss the future of climate finance in Durban later this year. Africa needs financing that is clearly dedicated to its priorities and challenges in responding to climate change.‖ The African continent has entered full-force into climate action, leading with new climate-friendly policies and programs and more than a third of current approved funding. Elsewhere in the world, momentum on climate is also growing, with CIF pilot projects in 45 countries. climate resilience) are set to approve a series of projects that should allocate more than $US400 million to new climate adaptation initiatives in some of the poorest countries in the world. ―The CIF‘s Strategic Climate Fund gives priority to highly vulnerable least developed countries, including the small island developing states. As momentum grows for climate action on the ground, the CIFs can be a real game-changer,‖ said, Admed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa, the Presidential Envoy for Science and Technology from the Maldives, and co-chair of the CIF‘s Strategic Climate Fund. Speaking at the opening ceremony today, Andrew Steer, World Bank Special Envoy for Climate Change, said: ―The CIFs are the largest and most exciting living laboratory for financing climate action in the world. We‘re now starting to fire on all cylinders. Africa receives more funding through the CIFs than any other region, but it‘s still not enough.‖ The CIF forum here in Cape Here in South Africa, next week Town brings together delegates additional CIF committees from participant countries, five (including the pilot program for multilateral development banks, Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire UN agencies, civil society, indigenous peoples, local communities, private sector, and other stakeholders to discuss CIF results and impact and chart strategic directions in climate financing. More than 250 stakeholders from 45 nations, including 15 African countries, are here for the two-day meeting. African delegations from Algeria, Burkina Faso, DRC, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia, and Zambia are sharing their experiences in developing and executing CIF investment plans, discussing achievements and challenges, and learning from fellow CIF pilot countries and expert panelists. This year‘s forum features sessions on private sector engagement in mitigation and adaptation investments, scientific updates and guidance on prioritizing actions, climate modeling, and the development of local, clean technology manufacturing industries. Priya Lopes Energy-daily.com, 6 July 2011 Poor frameworks block African energy plans Poor legal frameworks, issues of governance and inadequate safeguards for investors are hindering growth in Africa's renewable energy sector, despite perceived huge potential in the region. Investors from Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America are lining up to tap Africa's lucrative renewable energy Page 60 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 resources. Many among them are spending huge sums upfront on research and on extracting assurances from governments on future investment. In some cases, future investors are helping to create legal frameworks where none exist. The International Renewable Energy Agency said it will host high-level consultations in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, this week in a bid to jump-start broadbased cooperation on accelerating renewable energy use in Africa. IRENA said such cooperation was necessary to seize emerging opportunities to speed up work on developing the resource on the continent. "The issue is not shortage of funds for investment, but rather the inability of African markets to attract a substantial share of that investment," IRENA Assembly President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber said. comparatively unattractive for entrepreneurs and investors," Al Jaber said. The consultations will be Friday and Saturday in Abu Dhabi and will follow on commitments made by a Capital Markets Initiative, programs called CoP-17, Rio+20, and the International Year of Sustainable Energy For All, set for next year. IRENA officials said 45 African countries, including about 30 African ministers and assistant ministers, had said they would attend. Representatives from the African Union and non-African delegates will include U.N. organizations, China, India, France, Germany and the United Arab Emirates. The oil-rich Emirates has been in the forefront of recent initiatives on promoting renewable energy. In addition to being IRENA president, Al Jaber is the Emirates' special envoy for Energy and Climate Change and will be aided by IRENA Director General Adnan Amin. "This is largely due to a lack of coherent and consistent policies, technical, regional and institutional capacity, enabling The ministerial meeting aims to mechanisms and regulatory push for development of scenarios frameworks, making the region and strategies for Africa and to Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire launch a continent-wide effort to prepare African economies to try and ease current constraints in the deployment of renewable energy. IRENA's 2011 work plan gave the continent priority as experts noted that Africa, which represents 15 percent of the world population, accounts for only 5 percent of global primary energy use. However, nearly half of that is traditional biomass, a major cause of health problems and deforestation. The deterioration in quantity and quality of power distribution networks is impeding African development, the experts found. An African Development Bank estimate said Africa needs $27 billion a year investment to achieve its goal of universal access to reliable and cleaner, electric power in all 53 countries by 2030. Current investment in energy in sub-Saharan Africa reaches around $2 billion a year. "There is great potential for capitalizing on renewable resources in Africa provided that the right enabling environment is created," Amin said. Business Daily (South Africa), 29 June 2011 Microfinance way out in funding climate change projects Projects to fight climate change are being designed all around the world. But only five per cent of them can be financed with the current international funds, which means resources have to be used more wisely. Microfinance could be one solution to fund climate change projects. Page 61 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Climate change is one of the greatest challenges to development that the world has ever faced. According to the World Bank, mitigation of its effects in developing countries could cost $140 to $175 billion per year by 2030, while adaptation costs are expected to reach between $75 and $100 per year between 2010 and 2050. ―The low-income masses will be most affected by climate change in their daily lives. We need solutions for mainstreaming adaptation projects to also include these people,‖ said African Development Bank director for energy, environment and climate change development Hela Cheikhrouhou. She spoke at the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) 2011 Partnership Forum, held from June 24-25 in Cape Town, South Africa. The CIF, established by the World Bank and regional multilateral development banks, provide funding to support developing countries‘ climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS Even though more than a third of CIF money have so far gone to 15 African countries, few people in rural and poverty-stricken areas – who struggle most to access financing – have been able to benefit from the schemes, largely due to administrative barriers. ―We need to make sure that funds can be accessed by rural populations because there is urgency in making climate change projects happen on the ground,‖ said Victor Kabengele, project coordinator at the Ministry of environment of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He demanded less red tape and fewer conditions — otherwise including the poor in climate change projects would remain an empty promise. Without money, the best ideas are worth little, Kabengele said: ―Money is the name of the game. Access to microcredit is therefore crucial.‖ But only a few microfinance projects have been launched to date that help Africa‘s poor to invest in climate change projects. One of them is a results-based financing scheme run by the Global Partnership on OutputBased Aid (GPOBA). This partnership among six agencies include the Australian government‘s aid agency AusAID, the World Bank and its International Finance Corporation, the Swedish government‘s development agency (Sida), Britain‘s Department for International Development and the Netherlands‘ directorategeneral of Development Cooperation. GPOBA backs private financial institutions in communities where poor people are excluded from basic services because they cannot afford to pay the full cost of user fees, for example, connection fees to energy-efficient electricity schemes. A local bank would, in this case, receive a subsidy to make available microcredit to communities to help them purchase renewable energy systems for their homes. ―We want to increase access to basic services for the poor, such as infrastructure, technology, healthcare and education, that will help them deal with climate change,‖ said GPOBA senior specialist Mustafa Hussain. ―At the same time, we hope to kick-start new markets in rural areas, especially for renewable technologies,‖ he added. In 2010, GPOBA helped to start 131 output-based aid projects with $3.5 billion in World Bank funding and $2.8 billion from governments. Almost a third of the money was invested on the African continent. Share In Uganda, for instance, a subsidy facilitated finance for a private company that operates water supply systems. This enabled the company to provide access to clean piped water to more than 8,000 additional households in rural areas that previously didn‘t have running water. ―Through the subsidy, microcredit agencies feel confident to give Page 62 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 credit (to the poor) because they know they will be re-financed by us based on pre-agreed results. This leads to more and more growth and investments in rural communities,‖ Mr Hussain said. Another successful way of giving the rural residents access to financial services is a mobile money transfer system developed by Kenyan mobile phone operator Safaricom. As almost 70 per cent of Kenyans live in rural areas where they struggle to get to banks or ATMs, only 40 per cent of the country‘s 39 million people have a bank account. But 83 per cent of Kenyans own a mobile phone. available over the phone through M-Pesa. Customers can now pay their bills and transfer money using their phones while also accessing numerous financial services, such as micro-saving, microcredit and even microinsurance. The project also offers services specifically tailored for fighting climate change: There is a crop insurance programme where premiums and claims can be paid via mobile phone and farmers receive weather information via sms. ―Rural people save an average of three hours per transaction because they don‘t need to travel long distances to financial institutions and stand in queues anymore,‖ says M-PESA head of product development Japhet Aritho. Another programme allows rural residents to access solar-powered water pumps via a smartcard that they can load credit onto via their mobile phones. ―Saving on transport also saves about $3 per transaction, money that people can now spend on food or other investments.‖ MPESA already has 700,000 customers who conduct 90 million transactions per month. That gave the directors of Safaricom an idea: the company started to make financial services Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire At the CIF forum, experts agreed that such microfinance initiatives are key to mitigating and adapting to climate change. ―Access to credit is crucial. So far, rural financing is relatively limited. We need more of it,‖ said Kabengele. By Kristin Palitza Eye Witness News (South Africa), 24 June 2011 „Countries lack funds to deal with climate change‟ Chanel September | 24 Jun 2011 Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Friday said that many countries do not have the money to implement new technology which could help climate change. He addressed delegates from around the world at the Cape Town International Convention Centre earlier. Gordhan told participants at the Climate Investment Fund Forum that conferences like these play a pivotal role. He said global warming is one of the biggest challenges to date which affects around six billion people. Gordhan said so far nearly every continent has been affected by natural disasters. However, he added funding for events like these remains a problem due to fiscal constraints. The African Development Bank‘s Bobby Pittman agreed saying they hope this platform will encourage donors to open their purses. (Edited by Lindiwe Mlandu) Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Page 63 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Eye Witness News (South Africa), 27 June 2011 'More investment needed to deal with climate change' The consensus at the Climate Investment Forum appeared to be that governments should be putting aside more money to deal with the effects of climate change. It was a chance for politicians, investors and environmental groups to tackle the issue of how to finance strategies against climate change. The conference brought together representatives of 40 nations in Cape Town this weekend. The African Development Bank's Energy, Environment and Climate Change Director Hela Cheikhrouhou said substantially more investment is needed. ―The needs are estimated for adaptation alone at $40 billion a year in Africa, so this why these global discussions are very important,‖ she said. Nathan Adams Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Legal Brief News (South Africa), 5 July 2011 Women excluded from projects, say UN experts Of the millions of dollars spent on climate change projects in developing countries, little has been allocated in a way that will benefit women. (UNDP) warn that mitigation funds could run the risk of perpetuating existing gender imbalances. For instance, notes the report, since their launch in 2008, funding organisation Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has allocated $6.5bn to climatechange projects in 45 developing countries. More than a third of the money went to 15 African states. But most of the money - more than 70% - is financing large- Yet, says a report in The Guardian, in Africa it is women, who are primarily responsible for agriculture, which has been hard hit by climate change, who will be the most affected. According to the report, experts at the UN Development Programme Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire scale clean technology energy and transportation projects. The report says these are traditionally maledominated sectors of the formal economy, and not the informal small farms sector. However, notes the report, banks managing the CIF have now pledged they will integrate gender indicators into all operations and include them in the main criteria for the approval of grants. Full report in The Guardian Books Live (South Africa), 5 July 2011 Wild Law Update: Women in Agriculture Excluded from Climate Change Projects Kristin Palitza says that though millions of dollars are spent on climate change projects in Africa, little has been done to consult with the women whose livelihood will be most affected by these projects. While 80% of the continent‘s smallholder farmers are women, 70% of the funds, provided by organisations such as Climate Investment Funds (CIF), goes into financing large-scale clean technology energy and transportation projects – traditionally a male-dominated sector. Experts at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) say that women need to form a larger part of the consultation process, to avoid Page 64 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 perpetuating gender imbalances. Another worry is that most of the rural communities involved remain uninformed about climate change mitigation efforts: is women who will be most affected by climate change. According to United Nations data, about 80 percent of the continent‘s smallholder farmers Of the millions of dollars spent on are women. While they are climate change projects in responsible for the food security developing countries, little has of millions of people, agriculture been allocated in a way that will is one of the sectors hardest hit by benefit women. Yet, in Africa, it climate change. ―There is a lot of international talk about climate Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire change funding for local communities and especially for women, but not much is actually happening,‖ says Ange Bukasa, who runs investment facilitation organisation Chezange Connect in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). •Read the complete article in the Guardian Radio Musi-O-Tunya (Zambia), 25 June 2011 Challenges facing the implementation of Climate Change initiatives Capetown - Zambia's Principle Economist in the Ministry of Finance and National Planning, David Kaluba says one of the greatest challenges facing the implementation of Climate Change initiatives is the lack of coordination among stakeholders. Mr Kaluba, though acknowledging that governments must own the initiatives, said civil society organisations possess the comparative advantage of proximity to the grassroots and should thus formalise their collaboration with government at the national level through advocacy, awareness and information promotion. He said in an interview with Mwendalubi Maumbi in Capetown today that some sectors of society still don‘t understand how Climate Change is affecting them and civil society organisations would do well to act as facilitators and and partners on the ground as they are already specialised in regional and district levels. He said Zambia‘s inclusion of Climate Change factors in the Sixth National Development Plan is a step in the right direction but noted that there was still a lot of awareness needed for both citizens and policy makers. Mr Kaluba is in Capetown to represent Zambia at the Climate Change Investment Funds (CIF) Conference. Hosted by the Africa Development Bank, the conference brings together delegates from 45 countries, five multilateral development banks, UN agencies, civil society, and other stakeholders to discuss CIF results and chart strategic directions in climate financing. Early this year, Zambia concluded an assessment of the economic impacts of climate change in Zambia with financial support from the United Nations Development Program, UNDP and the Norweigian government. According to the assessment, since the 1970s, Zambia has lost billions of kwacha in mitigating the effects of climate change across the country through the repair of infrastructure and relocating of people in times of floods and provision of food in times of drought. Meawhile, Mr Kaluba revealed that government has targeted six districts in the Southern Province for capacity building in implementing climate resilient, adaptation and mitigation measures. By Mwendalubi Maumbi Story broadcast on 25 June 2011 Page 65 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Radio Musi-O-Tunya (Zambia), 25 June 2011 Climate change: Call to transform traditional paradigms of funding AND as local communities in various countries across the globe especially in developing nations struggle with the effects of climate change, governments, civil society organizations and funders have been challenged to urgently transform traditional paradigms of development and funding in order to bring about genuine development. Speaking at the Climate Investment Funds Conference in Capetown yesterday, South African Minister of Finance , Pravin Gorghan said funding should be aimed at industrialization and economic development in Africa; for genuine job creation on the African continent and skills development. Mr Gordhan said there was a great need to reformulate the development trajectory used on the African continent in order to ensure that the benefits of development don't get left with a small elite, but the billion people on the African continent. He urged the Forum to be robust in its interrogation of ideas and initiatives and develop solutions that engage all stakeholders so that the interests of society as a whole are taken forward. Mr Gordhan said this in his opening speech at the Climate Investment Fund, CIF Conference in Capetown yesterday. By Mwendalubi Maumbi Story broadcast on 25 June 2011 Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Zambezi FM Radio (Zambia), 25 June 2011 Challenges facing the implementation of Climate Change initiatives Capetown - Zambia's Principle Economist in the Ministry of Finance and National Planning, David Kaluba says one of the greatest challenges facing the implementation of Climate Change initiatives is the lack of coordination among stakeholders. Mr Kaluba, though acknowledging that governments must own the initiatives, said civil society organisations possess the comparative advantage of proximity to the grassroots and should thus formalise their collaboration with government at the national level through advocacy, awareness and information promotion. He said in an interview with Mwendalubi Maumbi in Capetown today that some sectors of society still don‘t understand how Climate Change is affecting them and civil society organisations would do well to act as facilitators and and partners on the ground as they are already specialised in regional and district levels. He said Zambia‘s inclusion of Climate Change factors in the Sixth National Development Plan is a step in the right direction but noted that there was still a lot of awareness needed for both citizens and policy makers. Mr Kaluba is in Capetown to represent Zambia at the Climate Change Investment Funds (CIF) Conference. Hosted by the Africa Development Bank, the conference brings together delegates from 45 countries, five multilateral development banks, UN agencies, civil society, and other stakeholders to discuss CIF results and chart strategic directions in climate financing. Early this year, Zambia concluded an assessment of the economic Le Groupe de la BAD n’assume aucune responsabilité quant au contenu des articles sélectionnés dans cette revue de presse, destinée exclusivement à l’usage interne du Groupe de la BAD Page 66 sur 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 impacts of climate change in Zambia with financial support from the United Nations Development Program, UNDP and the Norweigian government. the effects of climate change across the country through the repair of infrastructure and relocating of people in times of floods and provision of food in times of drought. According to the assessment, since the 1970s, Zambia has lost Meawhile, Mr Kaluba revealed billions of kwacha in mitigating that government has targeted six Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire districts in the Southern Province for capacity building in implementing climate resilient, adaptation and mitigation measures. By Mwendalubi Maumbi Story broadcast on 25 June 2011 Zambezi FM Radio (Zambia), 25 June 2011 Climate change: Call to urgently transform traditional paradigms of development and funding AND as local communities in various countries across the globe especially in developing nations struggle with the effects of climate change, governments, civil society organizations and funders have been challenged to urgently transform traditional paradigms of development and funding in order to bring about genuine development. Speaking at the Climate Investment Funds Conference in Capetown yesterday, South African Minister of Finance , Pravin Gorghan said funding should be aimed at industrialization and economic development in Africa; for genuine job creation on the African continent and skills development. Mr Gordhan said there was a great need to reformulate the development trajectory used on the African continent in order to ensure that the benefits of development don't get left with a small elite, but the billion people on the African continent. He urged the Forum to be robust in its interrogation of ideas and initiatives and develop solutions that engage all stakeholders so that the interests of society as a whole are taken forward. Mr Gordhan said this in his opening speech at the Climate Investment Fund, CIF Conference in Capetown yesterday. By Mwendalubi Maumbi Story broadcast on 25 June 2011 Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Lesotho National Broadcast, 24 June 2011 Climate Change is the Most Pressing Challenge Faced by Humanity Gordhan Cape Town –June 24, 2011 South Africa‘s Finance Minister Mr. Pravin Gordhan said climate change is the most pressing challenge faced by humanity today and greater urgency is needed to address it. He was speaking this morning at the Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum in Cape Town, South Africa. Minister Gordhan said the challenge is how do countries generate the right level of urgency, which is what ordinary citizens, the billions of people who live on this earth, want. He said people do not want to hear about unending negotiations or long bureaucratic processes to Page 67 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 decide whether so much money is going to be lent to someone. development banks, the private sector and civil society. The forum is an annual event cohosted by the African Development Bank where funding decisions are taken on climatefriendly development. It is being held in Africa for the first time this year, and has attracted from African nations, United Nations agencies, multilateral The Vice President of Infrastructure for the African Development Bank Mr. Bobby Pitman said: "Africa has contributed less to climate change than other continents, but the relative economic costs are relatively higher here than elsewhere in the world. From now until 2030, the estimated costs are around 3% of the continent‘s GDP or $40bn per year." Mr. Pitman was representing AfDB President Mr. Donald Kaberuka. By Ntsane Molemohi in Cape Town Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Lesotho National Broadcast, 25 June 2011 Low Literacy Levels about Climate Change among African Inhabitants Cape Town – June 25, 2011 During the 2011 Climate Investment Fund (CIF) Forum in Cape Town, pilot countries presented their cases to the forum where deliberations took place with participants from the audio. The outcome of the deliberations, moderated by Tumi Makgabo, Africa Worldwide Media, saw it that there is low literacy levels about climate change among african inhabitants. As a result, this contributes to lack of systems which could counteract against the impacts of climate change in the African continent. It appeared in the session that smooth progress on climate change programmes is delayed by lack of swift cooperation and synchronisation between the civilians and the government commitments. Among pilot countries are Zambia, Nepal, Mexico and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Media could be a vehicle to bridge the gap between different sectors of the society in terms of driving forward issues of climate change with different programmes. It was deduced from the media training session parallel to the forum on thursday that media also, has to be abreast with climate change issues in order to convey accurate information and messages. Ntsane molemohi. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Radio Lesotho, 1 July 2011 African Countries Show Willingness to Tackle Climate Change Effects Maseru – July 1 - The 2011 Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum, hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), came to an end on June 30, this year with African countries clearly showing their willingness to tackle climate change effects head on. According to the African Development Bank Group press release, the challenge remains adequate access to climate change financing for Africa. Vice President for Infrastructure, Private Sector and Regional Integration at the African Development Bank, Mr. Bobby Page 68 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Pittman said the bottom line is that there is an urgent need to improve access to climate finance at the scale required for transformational impact in Africa, and that mechanisms need to be put in place that can best respond to africas needs, he added. Under the Climate Investment Funds Clean Technology Fund, a total of usd197 million was approved for the 165 Megawatt Ouarzazate I concentrated solar project in Morocco. developing local renewable manufacturing. Morocco is partnering with the African Development Bank and World Bank, two partners in the climate investment funds, on this project. The African Development Bank recently introduced financing for concentrated solar power in sub Saharan Africa through a financial package to South Africa totaling USD 365 million. Its aim is to help the country green its energy sector. This is a large-scale investment Climate resilient programs that is expected to reduce the approved during the forum costs of concentrated solar energy include USD 86 million for and help create thousands of Mozambique to improve the direct and indirect jobs in capacity of roads and coastal Morocco by 2020, notably by cities to withstand climate change, Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire transform its hydrometeorological services, and enhance climate-resilient agricultural production and food security. Zambia will receive USD 86 million to strengthen climate resilience in Barotse and the Kafue river basin. Through the Climate Investment Funds, were learning important lessons on climate action and helping inform the discussions on climate finance. Its clear that Africa needs financing that reflects its priorities and challenges in responding to climate change, the AfDB‘s Bobby Pittman concluded. Lesotho Television, 1 July 2011 African Countries Show Willingness to Tackle Climate Change Effects Maseru – July 1 - The 2011 Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum, hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), came to an end on June 30, this year with African countries clearly showing their willingness to tackle climate change effects head on. According to the African Development Bank Group press release, the challenge remains adequate access to climate change financing for Africa. Vice President for Infrastructure, Private Sector and Regional Integration at the African Development Bank, Mr. Bobby Pittman said the bottom line is that there is an urgent need to improve access to climate finance at the scale required for transformational impact in Africa, and that mechanisms need to be put in place that can best respond to africas needs, he added. Under the Climate Investment Funds Clean Technology Fund, a total of usd197 million was approved for the 165 Megawatt Ouarzazate I concentrated solar project in Morocco. This is a large-scale investment that is expected to reduce the costs of concentrated solar energy and help create thousands of direct and indirect jobs in Morocco by 2020, notably by developing local renewable manufacturing. Morocco is partnering with the African Development Bank and World Bank, two partners in the climate investment funds, on this project. The African Development Bank recently introduced financing for concentrated solar power in sub Saharan Africa through a financial package to South Africa totaling USD 365 million. Its aim is to Page 69 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 help the country green its energy sector. meteorological services, and enhance climate-resilient agricultural production and food security. Zambia will receive USD 86 million to strengthen climate resilience in Barotse and the Kafue river basin. Climate resilient programs approved during the forum include USD 86 million for Mozambique to improve the capacity of roads and coastal cities to withstand climate change, Through the Climate Investment transform its hydroFunds, were learning important Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire lessons on climate action and helping inform the discussions on climate finance. Its clear that Africa needs financing that reflects its priorities and challenges in responding to climate change, the AfDB‘s Bobby Pittman concluded. Preventionweb.net, 1 July 2011 Countries get $534 million for bold plans to climate-proof water, farming, forests, and cities Cape Town - The Climate Investment Funds (CIFs), a partnership of five multilateral development banks, approved $444 million in grants and nearzero-interest loans to support Cambodia, Mozambique, Nepal, St. Lucia, and Zambia in their efforts toward national-level climate resilience. Also in Cape Town two new investment plans were endorsed for Burkina Faso and Democratic Republic of Congo for a total of $90 million in grants. Under the CIFs‘ Pilot Program for Climate Resilience, five nationwide strategic programs for climate resilience were approved: $105 million for Cambodia to improve irrigation, flood and drought management, climateresistent agriculture and forestry in coastal areas, and mainstream climate resilience into development planning; $102 million for Mozambique to improve the capacity of roads and coastal cities to withstand climate change, transform their hydrometeorological services, and enhance climate-resilient agricultural production and food security; $110 million for Nepal to build climate resilience of watersheds in mountain regions, build resilience to climate-related hazards, and build climateresilient communities through private sector participation; $17 million for St. Lucia to build national climate resilience (as part of the Caribbean Regional Program); and $110 million for Zambia to strengthen climate resilience in Barotse and the Kafue River Basin. The total $444 million funding envelope for these five countries is nearly half grants ($207 million) with $237 million in near-zero-interest credits. These countries join Bangladesh, Grenada, and St. Vincent and Grenadines as the first eight countries in the world to create Strategic Programs for Climate Resilience (SPCRs) linked to their development plans with CIF support. ―The CIF's Strategic Climate Fund gives priority to highly vulnerable least developed countries, including the small island developing states. As momentum grows for climate action on the ground, the CIFs can be a real game-changer," said Admed Shafeeq Ibrahim Moosa, the Presidential Envoy for Science and Technology from the Maldives, and co-chair of the CIF‘s Strategic Climate Fund, at the end of the first week of meetings. Under the CIF‘s Forest Investment Program, two new investment plans were endorsed: $30 million in grant funding for Burkina Faso to decentralize sustainable forest management, encourage participatory protection of state forest reserves, and integrate information-sharing; $60 million in grant funding for Democratic Republic of Congo to Page 70 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 address deforestation and degradation, provide small grants to promising small-scale REDD+ initiatives, and engage the private sector in REDD+. ―This week we‘ve seen impressive strategic plans from the many developing countries who want to partner with the Climate Investment Funds. Now even more countries are queuing up. At this point, nearly all CIF funds have been allocated and as we press forward on implementing these important projects, we are seeing a need for additional financing – at least to cover the gap between today and when the Green Climate Fund is fully operational,‖ said Andrew Steer, World Bank Special Envoy for Climate Change. During the Clean Technology Fund meetings, the Government of India expressed interest in submitting an Investment Plan soon. Despite a current shortage of funds, the Climate Investment Funds have invited India to prepare an Investment Plan that will be reviewed in November 2011. ―We estimate that current programs in the Clean Technology Fund will result in 1.56 billion tons of CO2 reductions or avoidance. If and when India partners with the CTF we will see even more dramatic CO2 reductions being financed by the Climate Investment Funds,‖ Steer added. OTHER RECENT FINANCING DECISIONS As announced last week during the first CIF Committee Meetings, the CIFs‘ Clean Technology Fund also approved $197 million for the 125 megawatt Ouarzazate I Concentrated Solar Project in Morocco, a large-scale investment that is expected to help bring down the costs of concentrated solar and create as many as 80,000 jobs in Morocco by 2020. This solar power plant is the first project in a Middle East and North Africa Regional Plan that will eventually triple today‘s global investments in concentrated solar power. Morocco is partnering with the African Development Bank and World Bank, two partners in the Climate Investment Funds, on this project. ―Despite all of these efforts, the bottom line is that there is an urgent need to improve access to climate finance at the scale required for transformational impact in Africa and put in place mechanisms that can best respond to Africa‘s needs,‖ said Bobby Pittman, Vice President for Infrastructure, Private Sector and Regional Integration at the African Development Bank. The Morocco solar project was approved just days after the World Bank Board of Directors approved US$47.12 million under the PPCR to help Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines improve the safety of their buildings from the impacts of climate change and increase their public institutions‘ capacity to assess natural risks. Rehabilitating vulnerable infrastructure is a central part of the Caribbean Regional Program and ties directly to PPCR‘s focus on vulnerable countries and small island developing states. Additional donor support to the CIFs was also pledged recently to help scale-up renewable energy in low-income countries. Norway announced a 150 million krones pledge (equal to $US 28 million) and Australia announced a pledge of 25.5 million Australian dollars (equal to $US 27 million). The financing announcements made during the annual CIF Committee Meetings coincided with the 2011 CIF Partnership Forum, a 2-day public dialogue co-hosted by the African Development Bank and cochaired by South Africa. Speeches were made by South African Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, and South African Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, Maite NkoanaMashabane. The Forum attracted more than 500 CIF stakeholders from 79 countries to assess progress on CIF investments, explore ways to scale-up countries‘ impact on climate change, and share lessons learned. More than 70 civil society representatives attended the event with many more participating online to discuss green jobs, biodiversity-smart planning for wind farms, and how to finance Page 71 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 large-scale, transformative investments. The event featured sessions on private sector engagement, scientific updates, and climate modeling. Discussions were held on the significance of CIF governing bodies‘ equal representation of developed and developing countries, on innovative financing, on national-level planning, and on the importance of involving a range of participants in decision-making. ―Through the CIFs we‘re learning important lessons on climate action and helping inform the discussions on climate finance. It‘s clear that Africa needs financing that reflects its priorities and challenges in responding to climate change,‖ Pittman said. The $6.5 billion Climate Investment Funds are a global partnership of the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, InterAmerican Development Bank, and the World Bank Group. Source: World Bank Section française All Africa, 24/06/2011 Session d'information aux journalistes sur le changement climatique - La presse africaine a un rôle crucial à jouer La presse a un rôle fondamental à jouer pour sensibiliser les décideurs et les populations africaines aux enjeux du changement climatique, ont déclaré les journalistes présents à une session d'information organisée dans le cadre du Forum 2011 de Partenariat sur les Fonds d'investissement climatiques, qui se tient les 24 et 25 juin 2011, à Capetown, Afrique du Sud. Or, ces populations, et leurs décideurs, sont encore mal informées et trop peu sensibilisées à ces enjeux pourtant fondamentaux pour leur devenir. Les médias africains sont encore peu spécialisés et peu de journalistes sont au fait des enjeux complexes du changement climatique. Or, ont souligné avec insistance des journalistes, les effets du changement climatique en Afrique sont réels: désertification, ensablement de nombreuses villes, accès plus difficile à l'eau, par exemple. Comment changer cet état de choses sur le continent africain? Au niveau des populations, il faut miser sur l'éducation: sensibiliser sur les effets des changements, mais aussi sur les gestes à faire, au quotidien. Du côté des médias, et malgré leurs maigres ressources, ce qui importe, c'est de mettre en valeur de bonnes histoires et d'utiliser des supports peu couteux, comme les médias sociaux. Les institutions multilatérales doivent aussi prendre la responsabilité d'aider davantage au renforcement des capacités des médias africains. Ils doivent aussi être mieux outillés, en général, et en particulier dans le domaine de l'environnement. En matière de changement climatique, 'nous avons besoin d'une politique d'ajustement culturel', a mentionné un journaliste pour souligner le changement de mentalité qui doit s'opérer sur le continent. Du côté des gouvernements, il faut faire de cet enjeu une priorité. En tirant profit des fonds de plus en plus disponibles pour s'adapter et atténuer les changements climatiques. Mais ces fonds doivent être bien gérés, prévient un journaliste, dans un continent où perdurent des problèmes de gouvernance. Une dizaine de journalistes provenant de toutes les régions d'Afrique ont participé à cet événement. Ils ont aussi pu Page 72 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 interagir avec des représentants de la Banque mondiale et de la Banque africaine de développement. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire All Africa, 27/06/2011 Le développement de l'énergie propre - Une opportunité de retombées locales pour l'Afrique (BAD) Comment accroître le contenu local et créer des emplois supplémentaires dans les projets d'énergie propre en Afrique ? Tanja Faller, économiste énergie à la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), a mis en relief les opportunités offertes à l'Afrique par le développement des entreprises d'énergie propre au cours d'une session sur "Le saut qualitatif pour emprunteur la voie de la croissance verte : promouvoir les industries à base de technologie propre". Cette session était organisée lors du forum du partenariat des fonds d'investissement climatique, les 24 et 25 juin au Cap, en Afrique du Sud. "L"énergie propre est une occasion offerte au continent pour faire un saut qualitatif et emprunter la voie d'une croissance verte", a déclaré Mme Faller. Elle a indiqué que cette évolution peut amener la naissance de toute une industrie créatrice d'emplois de qualité pour les populations locales. création d'une demande locale, en introduisant notamment des paramètres de contenu local dans les processus de pré-qualification. L'avenir réserve toutefois des défis, qui concernent la qualité et la certification des équipements, la capacité d'absorption des pays récipiendaires et la formation d'une main d‘œuvre hautement qualifiée. "Le renforcement de l'appui aux industries de technologie propre peut garantir la viabilité de l'énergie renouvelable en Afrique", a souligné Mme Faller. "De grands investissements dans l'énergie renouvelable ne peuvent être durables que si des emplois locaux sont disponibles." Quelles perspectives d'avenir s'ouvrent à ce développement ? Mme Faller a souligné deux éléments : le renforcement des systèmes innovants pour qu'ils appuient les solutions de technologie propre, et la prise en compte de la souplesse dans les processus des donateurs en matière d'acquisition de biens et services, en vue de permettre la La BAD soutient la croissance verte en Afrique à travers toute une gamme d'instruments : des dons, des prêts souverains, le partage du savoir, le financement des projets du secteur privé, des prises de participation et des prêts d'appui aux réformes économiques. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire All Africa, 30/06/2011 Appel des pays africains pour un financement climatique accessible et efficace Le Forum de partenariat 2011 des Fonds d'investissement climatiques (FIC), accueilli par la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), s'est clos aujourd'hui en montrant la détermination des pays africains à combattre résolument les effets du changement climatique en Afrique. Le défi réside en l'accès à un financement approprié. Page 73 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 « Le fait est qu'il est urgent d'améliorer l'accès au financement climatique au niveau nécessaire pour transformer de manière significative l'Afrique et pour mettre en place les mécanismes les mieux à même de répondre aux besoins de l'Afrique », a déclaré Bobby Pittman, viceprésident de la BAD chargé de l'Infrastructure, de l'intégration régionale et du secteur privé. Certains pays comme le Maroc, qui ont élaboré leurs propres plans de développement vert, sont arrivés à obtenir des financements au titre des Fonds d'investissements climatiques au Cap. Le Fonds pour les technologies propres, un des instruments des Fonds d'investissements climatiques, a entériné un prêt de 197 millions USD pour le projet d'énergie solaire concentrée de Ouarzazate I au Maroc. Ce projet de grande envergure (165 mégawatt) devrait réduire les coûts de l'énergie solaire et contribuer à créer des milliers d'emplois au Maroc d'ici 2020, notamment en développant une industrie manufacturière locale en énergie renouvelable. Le Maroc travaille en coopération avec la Banque africaine de développement et la Banque mondiale, deux acteurs des Fonds d'investissement climatique, sur ce projet. La Banque africaine de développement a introduit récemment l'énergie solaire concentrée en Afrique subsaharienne à travers une enveloppe financière de 365 millions USD destinée à aider l'Afrique du Sud à développer son énergie verte. Le montage financier comprend un prêt de 265 millions USD ainsi que 100 millions de dollars de prêts concessionnels du Fonds pour les technologies propres. L'enveloppe financière appuiera l'opérateur électrique public sud-africain, Eskom, dans la mise en Å"uvre d'un projet d'énergie renouvelable d'un montant total de 1,3 milliard. Ce projet, outre l'introduction de l'énergie solaire concentrée en Afrique subsaharienne, mettra en Å"uvre la première centrale électrique éolienne d'envergure en Afrique du Sud. Des nouveaux programmes stratégiques de résistance au climat ont été entérinés. Le Mozambique a ainsi bénéficié d'un financement de 86 millions USD pour améliorer la capacité de ses routes et de ses villes côtières à supporter le changement climatique. Le financement permettra également d'améliorer les services hydrométéorologiques et de développer une production agricole résistant au changement climatique et, partant, la sécurité alimentaire. La Zambie a bénéficié de son côté de 86 millions USD pour renforcer la résistance climatique à Barotse et dans le bassin de la rivière Kafue. Dans le secteur des forêts, deux plans d'investissement ont été approuvés. Un financement de 32 millions USD permettra au Burkina Faso de décentraliser sa gestion forestière durable, d'encourager une protection participative des réserves forestières nationales et d'intégrer le partage des informations. De son côté, la République démocratique du Congo, avec un financement de 60 millions USD, essaiera de traiter les problèmes de déforestation et de dégradation forestière et de fournir de petits crédits à des initiatives à petite échelle. Les initiatives visées sont celles s'inscrivant dans le programme « Réduire les émissions de CO2 provenant de la déforestation et de la dégradation des forêts » (REDD+). Le financement permettra également d'inciter le secteur privé à adhérer au programme REDD+. Des initiatives ayant valeur d'exemple ont été également été approuvées. Dotées de faibles montants au regard des besoins des pays, ces initiatives pilotes permettent néanmoins de démontrer que des financements concessionnels peuvent aider les pays africains à aller de l'avant dans leur développement proclimat. « A travers les Fonds d'investissements climatiques, nous sommes en train d'apprendre d'importantes leçons sur l'action climatique éclairant nos discussions sur le financement climatique. Il est clair que Page 74 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 l'Afrique a besoin de réponse au changement financements qui reflètent ses climatique », a conclu M. Pittman. priorités et ses défis dans la Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Tunisia IT (Tunis), 01/07/2011 BAD : Appel des pays africains pour un financement climatique accessible et efficace Le Forum de partenariat 2011 des Fonds d‘investissement climatiques (FIC), accueilli par la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), s‘est clos aujourd‘hui en montrant la détermination des pays africains à combattre résolument les effets du changement climatique en Afrique. Le défi réside en l‘accès à un financement approprié. « Le fait est qu‘il est urgent d‘améliorer l‘accès au financement climatique au niveau nécessaire pour transformer de manière significative l‘Afrique et pour mettre en place les mécanismes les mieux à même de répondre aux besoins de l‘Afrique », a déclaré Bobby Pittman, viceprésident de la BAD chargé de l‘Infrastructure, de l‘intégration régionale et du secteur privé. Certains pays comme le Maroc, qui ont élaboré leurs propres plans de développement vert, sont arrivés à obtenir des financements au titre des Fonds d‘investissements climatiques au Cap. Le Fonds pour les technologies propres, un des instruments des Fonds d‘investissements climatiques, a entériné un prêt de 197 millions USD pour le projet d‘énergie solaire concentrée de Ouarzazate I au Maroc. Ce projet de grande envergure (165 mégawatt) devrait réduire les coûts de l‘énergie solaire et contribuer à créer des milliers d‘emplois au Maroc d‘ici 2020, notamment en développant une industrie manufacturière locale en énergie renouvelable. Le Maroc travaille en coopération avec la Banque africaine de développement et la Banque mondiale, deux acteurs des Fonds d‘investissement climatique, sur ce projet. La Banque africaine de développement a introduit récemment l‘énergie solaire concentrée en Afrique subsaharienne à travers une enveloppe financière de 365 millions USD destinée à aider l‘Afrique du Sud à développer son énergie verte. Le montage financier comprend un prêt de 265 millions USD ainsi que 100 millions de dollars de prêts concessionnels du Fonds pour les technologies propres. L'enveloppe financière appuiera l‘opérateur électrique public sud-africain, Eskom, dans la mise en œuvre d‘un projet d‘énergie renouvelable d‘un montant total de 1,3 milliard. Ce projet, outre l‘introduction de l'énergie solaire concentrée en Afrique subsaharienne, mettra en œuvre la première centrale électrique éolienne d‘envergure en Afrique du Sud. Des nouveaux programmes stratégiques de résistance au climat ont été entérinés. Le Mozambique a ainsi bénéficié d‘un financement de 86 millions USD pour améliorer la capacité de ses routes et de ses villes côtières à supporter le changement climatique. Le financement permettra également d‘améliorer les services hydrométéorologiques et de développer une production agricole résistant au changement climatique et, partant, la sécurité alimentaire. La Zambie a bénéficié de son côté de 86 millions USD pour renforcer la résistance climatique à Barotse et dans le bassin de la rivière Kafue. Dans le secteur des forêts, deux plans d‘investissement ont été approuvés. Un financement de 32 millions USD permettra au Burkina Faso de décentraliser sa gestion forestière durable, Page 75 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 d‘encourager une protection déforestation et de la dégradation participative des réserves des forêts » (REDD+). Le forestières nationales et d‘intégrer financement permettra également le partage des informations. De d‘inciter le secteur privé à adhérer son côté, la République au programme REDD+. démocratique du Congo, avec un Des initiatives ayant valeur financement de 60 millions USD, d‘exemple ont été également été essaiera de traiter les problèmes approuvées. Dotées de faibles de déforestation et de dégradation montants au regard des besoins forestière et de fournir de petits des pays, ces initiatives pilotes crédits à des initiatives à petite permettent néanmoins de échelle. Les initiatives visées sont démontrer que des financements celles s‘inscrivant dans le concessionnels peuvent aider les programme « Réduire les pays africains à aller de l‘avant émissions de CO2 provenant de la Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire dans leur développement proclimat. « A travers les Fonds d‘investissements climatiques, nous sommes en train d‘apprendre d‘importantes leçons sur l‘action climatique éclairant nos discussions sur le financement climatique. Il est clair que l‘Afrique a besoin de financements qui reflètent ses priorités et ses défis dans la réponse au changement climatique », a conclu M. Pittman. AfDB.org, 30/06/2011 Appel des pays africains pour un financement climatique accessible et efficace Le Forum de partenariat 2011 des Fonds d'investissement climatiques (FIC), accueilli par la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), s'est clos aujourd'hui en montrant la détermination des pays africains à combattre résolument les effets du changement climatique en Afrique. Le défi réside en l'accès à un financement approprié. « Le fait est qu'il est urgent d'améliorer l'accès au financement climatique au niveau nécessaire pour transformer de manière significative l'Afrique et pour mettre en place les mécanismes les mieux à même de répondre aux besoins de l'Afrique », a déclaré Bobby Pittman, viceprésident de la BAD chargé de l'Infrastructure, de l'intégration régionale et du secteur privé. Certains pays comme le Maroc, qui ont élaboré leurs propres plans de développement vert, sont arrivés à obtenir des financements au titre des Fonds d'investissements climatiques au Cap. Le Fonds pour les technologies propres, un des instruments des Fonds d'investissements climatiques, a entériné un prêt de 197 millions USD pour le projet d'énergie solaire concentrée de Ouarzazate I au Maroc. Ce projet de grande envergure (165 mégawatt) devrait réduire les coûts de l'énergie solaire et contribuer à créer des milliers d'emplois au Maroc d'ici 2020, notamment en développant une industrie manufacturière locale en énergie renouvelable. Le Maroc travaille en coopération avec la Banque africaine de développement et la Banque mondiale, deux acteurs des Fonds d'investissement climatique, sur ce projet. La Banque africaine de développement a introduit récemment l'énergie solaire concentrée en Afrique subsaharienne à travers une enveloppe financière de 365 millions USD destinée à aider l'Afrique du Sud à développer son énergie verte. Le montage financier comprend un prêt de 265 millions USD ainsi que 100 millions de dollars de prêts concessionnels du Fonds pour les technologies propres. L'enveloppe Page 76 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 financière appuiera l'opérateur électrique public sud-africain, Eskom, dans la mise en Å"uvre d'un projet d'énergie renouvelable d'un montant total de 1,3 milliard. bénéficié de son côté de 86 millions USD pour renforcer la résistance climatique à Barotse et dans le bassin de la rivière Kafue. Dans le secteur des forêts, deux Ce projet, outre l'introduction de plans d'investissement ont été l'énergie solaire concentrée en approuvés. Un financement de 32 Afrique subsaharienne, mettra en millions USD permettra au Å"uvre la première centrale Burkina Faso de décentraliser sa électrique éolienne d'envergure en gestion forestière durable, Afrique du Sud. d'encourager une protection participative des réserves Des nouveaux programmes forestières nationales et d'intégrer stratégiques de résistance au le partage des informations. De climat ont été entérinés. Le son côté, la République Mozambique a ainsi bénéficié démocratique du Congo, avec un d'un financement de 86 millions financement de 60 millions USD, USD pour améliorer la capacité essaiera de traiter les problèmes de ses routes et de ses villes de déforestation et de dégradation côtières à supporter le forestière et de fournir de petits changement climatique. Le crédits à des initiatives à petite financement permettra également échelle. Les initiatives visées sont d'améliorer les services celles s'inscrivant dans le hydrométéorologiques et de programme « Réduire les développer une production émissions de CO2 provenant de la agricole résistant au changement déforestation et de la dégradation climatique et, partant, la sécurité des forêts » (REDD+). Le alimentaire. La Zambie a financement permettra également Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire d'inciter le secteur privé à adhérer au programme REDD+. Des initiatives ayant valeur d'exemple ont été également été approuvées. Dotées de faibles montants au regard des besoins des pays, ces initiatives pilotes permettent néanmoins de démontrer que des financements concessionnels peuvent aider les pays africains à aller de l'avant dans leur développement proclimat. « A travers les Fonds d'investissements climatiques, nous sommes en train d'apprendre d'importantes leçons sur l'action climatique éclairant nos discussions sur le financement climatique. Il est clair que l'Afrique a besoin de financements qui reflètent ses priorités et ses défis dans la réponse au changement climatique », a conclu M. Pittman. Midipress.com, 04/07/2011 Les pays africains appellent à un financement accessible Le Forum de partenariat 2011 des Fonds d‘investissement climatiques (FIC), accueilli par la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), s‘est clos le 3 juin dernier en montrant la détermination des pays africains à combattre résolument les effets du changement climatique en Afrique. Le défi réside en l‘accès à un financement approprié. «Le fait est qu‘il est urgent d‘améliorer l‘accès au financement climatique au niveau nécessaire pour transformer de manière significative l‘Afrique et pour mettre en place les mécanismes les mieux à même de répondre aux besoins de l‘Afrique», a déclaré Bobby Pittman, vice-président de la BAD chargé de l‘infrastructure, de l‘intégration régionale et du secteur privé. Certains pays comme le Maroc, qui ont élaboré leurs propres plans de développement vert, sont arrivés à obtenir des financements au titre des Fonds d‘investissements climatiques au Cap. Le Fonds pour les technologies propres, un des Page 77 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 instruments des Fonds d‘investissements climatiques, a entériné un prêt de 197 millions USD pour le projet d‘énergie solaire concentrée de Ouarzazate I au Maroc. Ce projet de grande envergure (165 mégawatt) devrait réduire les coûts de l‘énergie solaire et contribuer à créer des milliers d‘emplois au Maroc d‘ici 2020, notamment en développant une industrie manufacturière locale en énergie renouvelable. Le Maroc travaille en coopération avec la Banque africaine de développement et la Banque mondiale, deux acteurs des Fonds d‘investissement climatique, sur ce projet. La Banque africaine de développement a introduit récemment l‘énergie solaire concentrée en Afrique subsaharienne à travers une enveloppe financière de 365 millions USD destinée à aider l‘Afrique du Sud à développer son énergie verte. Le montage financier comprend un prêt de 265 millions USD ainsi que 100 millions de dollars de prêts concessionnels du Fonds pour les technologies propres. L‘enveloppe financière appuiera l‘opérateur électrique public sudafricain, Eskom, dans la mise en œuvre d‘un projet d‘énergie renouvelable d‘un montant total de 1,3 milliard. Ce projet, outre l‘introduction de l‘énergie solaire concentrée en Afrique subsaharienne, mettra en œuvre la première centrale électrique éolienne d‘envergure en Afrique du Sud. Des nouveaux programmes stratégiques de résistance au climat ont été entérinés. Le Mozambique a ainsi bénéficié d‘un financement de 86 millions USD pour améliorer la capacité de ses routes et de ses villes côtières à supporter le changement climatique. Le financement permettra également d‘améliorer les services hydrométéorologiques et de développer une production agricole résistant au changement climatique et, partant, la sécurité alimentaire. La Zambie a bénéficié, de son côté, de 86 millions USD pour renforcer la résistance climatique à Barotse et dans le bassin de la rivière Kafue. Dans le secteur des forêts, deux plans d‘investissement ont été approuvés. Un financement de 32 millions USD permettra au Burkina Faso de décentraliser sa gestion forestière durable, d‘encourager une protection participative des réserves forestières nationales et d‘intégrer le partage des informations. De son côté, la République démocratique du Congo, avec un financement de 60 millions USD, essaiera de traiter les problèmes de déforestation et de dégradation forestière et de fournir de petits crédits à des initiatives à petite échelle. Les initiatives visées sont celles s‘inscrivant dans le programme « Réduire les émissions de CO2 provenant de la déforestation et de la dégradation des forêts » (REDD+). Le financement permettra également d‘inciter le secteur privé à adhérer au programme REDD+. Des initiatives ayant valeur d‘exemple ont été également été approuvées. Dotées de faibles montants au regard des besoins des pays, ces initiatives pilotes permettent néanmoins de démontrer que des financements concessionnels peuvent aider les pays africains à aller de l‘avant dans leur développement proclimat. «A travers les Fonds d‘investissements climatiques, nous sommes en train d‘apprendre d‘importantes leçons sur l‘action climatique éclairant nos discussions sur le financement climatique. Il est clair que l‘Afrique a besoin de financements qui reflètent ses priorités et ses défis dans la réponse au changement climatique», a conclu M. Pittman. Le Forum de partenariat 2011 des Fonds d‘investissement climatiques (FIC), accueilli par la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), s‘est clos le 3 juin dernier en montrant la détermination des pays africains à combattre résolument les effets du changement climatique en Afrique. Le défi réside en l‘accès à un financement approprié. «Le fait est qu‘il est urgent d‘améliorer l‘accès au financement climatique au niveau nécessaire pour transformer de Page 78 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 manière significative l‘Afrique et pour mettre en place les mécanismes les mieux à même de répondre aux besoins de l‘Afrique», a déclaré Bobby Pittman, vice-président de la BAD chargé de l‘infrastructure, de l‘intégration régionale et du secteur privé. Certains pays comme le Maroc, qui ont élaboré leurs propres plans de développement vert, sont arrivés à obtenir des financements au titre des Fonds d‘investissements climatiques au Cap. Le Fonds pour les technologies propres, un des instruments des Fonds d‘investissements climatiques, a entériné un prêt de 197 millions USD pour le projet d‘énergie solaire concentrée de Ouarzazate I au Maroc. Ce projet de grande envergure (165 mégawatt) devrait réduire les coûts de l‘énergie solaire et contribuer à créer des milliers d‘emplois au Maroc d‘ici 2020, notamment en développant une industrie manufacturière locale en énergie renouvelable. Le Maroc travaille en coopération avec la Banque africaine de développement et la Banque mondiale, deux acteurs des Fonds d‘investissement climatique, sur ce projet. La Banque africaine de développement a introduit récemment l‘énergie solaire concentrée en Afrique subsaharienne à travers une enveloppe financière de 365 millions USD destinée à aider l‘Afrique du Sud à développer son énergie verte. Le montage financier comprend un prêt de 265 millions USD ainsi que 100 millions de dollars de prêts concessionnels du Fonds pour les technologies propres. approuvés. Un financement de 32 millions USD permettra au Burkina Faso de décentraliser sa gestion forestière durable, d‘encourager une protection participative des réserves forestières nationales et d‘intégrer le partage des informations. L‘enveloppe financière appuiera l‘opérateur électrique public sudafricain, Eskom, dans la mise en œuvre d‘un projet d‘énergie renouvelable d‘un montant total de 1,3 milliard. Ce projet, outre l‘introduction de l‘énergie solaire concentrée en Afrique subsaharienne, mettra en œuvre la première centrale électrique éolienne d‘envergure en Afrique du Sud. Des nouveaux programmes stratégiques de résistance au climat ont été entérinés. De son côté, la République démocratique du Congo, avec un financement de 60 millions USD, essaiera de traiter les problèmes de déforestation et de dégradation forestière et de fournir de petits crédits à des initiatives à petite échelle. Les initiatives visées sont celles s‘inscrivant dans le programme « Réduire les émissions de CO2 provenant de la déforestation et de la dégradation des forêts » (REDD+). Le Mozambique a ainsi bénéficié d‘un financement de 86 millions USD pour améliorer la capacité de ses routes et de ses villes côtières à supporter le changement climatique. Le financement permettra également d‘améliorer les services hydrométéorologiques et de développer une production agricole résistant au changement climatique et, partant, la sécurité alimentaire. La Zambie a bénéficié, de son côté, de 86 millions USD pour renforcer la résistance climatique à Barotse et dans le bassin de la rivière Kafue. Dans le secteur des forêts, deux plans d‘investissement ont été Le financement permettra également d‘inciter le secteur privé à adhérer au programme REDD+. Des initiatives ayant valeur d‘exemple ont été également été approuvées. Dotées de faibles montants au regard des besoins des pays, ces initiatives pilotes permettent néanmoins de démontrer que des financements concessionnels peuvent aider les pays africains à aller de l‘avant dans leur développement proclimat. «A travers les Fonds d‘investissements climatiques, nous sommes en train d‘apprendre d‘importantes leçons sur l‘action climatique éclairant nos discussions sur le financement climatique. Il est clair que l‘Afrique a besoin de Page 79 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 financements qui reflètent ses priorités et ses défis dans la réponse au changement climatique», a conclu M. Pittman. Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Guinée Inter, 01/07/2011 Appel des pays africains pour un financement climatique accessible et efficace Le Cap, le 30 juin 2011 – Le Forum de partenariat 2011 des Fonds d‘investissement climatiques (FIC), accueilli par la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), s‘est clos aujourd‘hui en montrant la détermination des pays africains à combattre résolument les effets du changement climatique en Afrique. Le défi réside en l‘accès à un financement approprié. « Le fait est qu‘il est urgent d‘améliorer l‘accès au financement climatique au niveau nécessaire pour transformer de manière significative l‘Afrique et pour mettre en place les mécanismes les mieux à même de répondre aux besoins de l‘Afrique », a déclaré Bobby Pittman, viceprésident de la BAD chargé de l‘Infrastructure, de l‘intégration régionale et du secteur privé. Certains pays comme le Maroc, qui ont élaboré leurs propres plans de développement vert, sont arrivés à obtenir des financements au titre des Fonds d‘investissements climatiques au Cap. Le Fonds pour les technologies propres, un des instruments des Fonds d‘investissements climatiques, a entériné un prêt de 197 millions USD pour le projet d‘énergie solaire concentrée de Ouarzazate I au Maroc. Ce projet de grande envergure (165 mégawatt) devrait réduire les coûts de l‘énergie solaire et contribuer à créer des milliers d‘emplois au Maroc d‘ici 2020, notamment en développant une industrie manufacturière locale en énergie renouvelable. Le Maroc travaille en coopération avec la Banque africaine de développement et la Banque mondiale, deux acteurs des Fonds d‘investissement climatique, sur ce projet. La Banque africaine de développement a introduit récemment l‘énergie solaire concentrée en Afrique subsaharienne à travers une enveloppe financière de 365 millions USD destinée à aider l‘Afrique du Sud à développer son énergie verte. Le montage financier comprend un prêt de 265 millions USD ainsi que 100 millions de dollars de prêts concessionnels du Fonds pour les technologies propres. L'enveloppe financière appuiera l‘opérateur électrique public sud-africain, Eskom, dans la mise en œuvre d‘un projet d‘énergie renouvelable d‘un montant total de 1,3 milliard. Ce projet, outre l‘introduction de l'énergie solaire concentrée en Afrique subsaharienne, mettra en œuvre la première centrale électrique éolienne d‘envergure en Afrique du Sud. Des nouveaux programmes stratégiques de résistance au climat ont été entérinés. Le Mozambique a ainsi bénéficié d‘un financement de 86 millions USD pour améliorer la capacité de ses routes et de ses villes côtières à supporter le changement climatique. Le financement permettra également d‘améliorer les services hydrométéorologiques et de développer une production agricole résistant au changement climatique et, partant, la sécurité alimentaire. La Zambie a bénéficié de son côté de 86 millions USD pour renforcer la résistance climatique à Barotse et dans le bassin de la rivière Kafue. Dans le secteur des forêts, deux plans d‘investissement ont été approuvés. Un financement de 32 millions USD permettra au Burkina Faso de décentraliser sa gestion forestière durable, Page 80 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 d‘encourager une protection participative des réserves forestières nationales et d‘intégrer le partage des informations. déforestation et de la dégradation des forêts » (REDD+). Le financement permettra également d‘inciter le secteur privé à adhérer au programme REDD+. De son côté, la République démocratique du Congo, avec un Des initiatives ayant valeur financement de 60 millions USD, d‘exemple ont été également été essaiera de traiter les problèmes approuvées. Dotées de faibles de déforestation et de dégradation montants au regard des besoins forestière et de fournir de petits des pays, ces initiatives pilotes crédits à des initiatives à petite permettent néanmoins de échelle. Les initiatives visées sont démontrer que des financements celles s‘inscrivant dans le concessionnels peuvent aider les programme « Réduire les pays africains à aller de l‘avant émissions de CO2 provenant de la Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire dans leur développement proclimat. « A travers les Fonds d‘investissements climatiques, nous sommes en train d‘apprendre d‘importantes leçons sur l‘action climatique éclairant nos discussions sur le financement climatique. Il est clair que l‘Afrique a besoin de financements qui reflètent ses priorités et ses défis dans la réponse au changement climatique », a conclu M. Pittman. LeFaso.net (Burkina Faso), 27/06/2011 Fonds d‟investissement climatique : Un financement de 30 milliards de dollars attendu pour l‟Afrique ! Au cours d‘une conférence en ligne sur les résultats attendus du Forum 2011 de partenariat sur le Fonds d‘investissement climatique (FIC) prévu les 24 et 25 juin à Cap Town, la directrice énergie, environnement et changement climatique du groupe de la Banque africaine de développement, Mme Hela Cheikhrouhou, a annoncé que cette initiative vise à canaliser les financements pour l‘Afrique. Plus de 400 participants issus de 45 pays dont quinze africains sont réunis à Cap Town (Afrique du Sud), les 24 et 25 juin 2011 pour le forum de partenariat des FIC, co-abrité par la BAD. Ces assises, qui doivent prendre des décisions sur le financement du développement pro-climat à l‘échelle mondiale, se tiennent dans un contexte où le continent se lance résolument dans une croissance verte. Environ 30 milliards de dollars doivent en principe être débloqués par les pays donateurs pour servir cette cause, a-t-on appris. Ces fonds qui seront décaissés suivant une procédure accélérée est une initiative de la BAD qui vise à canaliser les financements pour l‘Afrique, a expliqué la directrice énergie, environnement et changement climatique de l‘institution panafricaine. Très vulnérable, l‘Afrique a besoin de 17 milliards de dollars par an pour son adaptation aux effets du changement climatique, selon la Banque mondiale. Alors que le FIC ne dispose pour l‘instant que d‘un montant global de 6, 5 milliards de dollars. La part de l‘Afrique se chiffre à 2,5 milliards à ce stade pour l‘ensemble des programmespilotes dans les 15 pays. Mais la BAD espère que ces engagements de financements du FIC servent de catalyseur à des financements additionnels de la part des Banques multilatérales de développement (BMD) et d‘autres sources. Ces financements concernent un programme d‘investissement régional et 13 programmes nationaux couvrant, entre autres, l‘énergie renouvelable et l‘efficience énergétique, le transport urbain propre, une planification du développement compatible avec Page 81 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 l‘environnement et une gestion durable des forêts. « L‘adaptation coûte de plus en plus chère pour la croissance et le développement économique propres. C‘est pourquoi, il importe que les pays développés interviennent pour aider l‘Afrique à répondre à ces questions », reconnaît Mme Cheikhrouhou. Elle plaide aussi pour que la voix du continent soit entendue tout en exhortant à réfléchir pour lutter contre la désertification et la construction de routes plus résistantes au changement climatique. Car dit-elle, « le rôle de la BAD est de catalyser les meilleurs investissements ». Selon un responsable du bureau local de la BAD au Burkina, la question du développement vert est un domaine prioritaire de l‘institution qui en a consacré une division. LE BURKINA PLAIDE POUR SON PROGRAMME D‟INVESTISSEMENT FORESTIER Burkina Faso présentera à cette occasion son plan d‘investissement forestier. Elaborée par des experts nationaux, la stratégie définit la vision d‘une nouvelle foresterie. Selon les premières estimations, le plan nécessitera 30 millions de dollars en vue de financer des projets destinés à promouvoir la gestion durable et décentralisée des forêts. La BAD, de son côté, espère contribuer à hauteur de la moitié du financement requis pour la réalisation du plan. D‘autres pays comme la RDC, le Mozambique, le Maroc, le Niger, etc., bénéficieront de soutiens similaires pour la réalisation de programmes-pilotes. Le plan d‘investissement forestier du Burkina permettra, en effet, d‘approfondir les expériences réussies en la matière à l‘image du ranch de gibier de Nazinga ou de projets d‘aménagement forestier et de gestion du bois de charbon. La vision de la foresterie définie par le Plan entend intégrer la multifonctionnalité de la forêt en conciliant ses rôles économique, écologique et social. Pays de savane plus ou moins productif (entre 12 et 17m3 par ha), le Burkina dispose à ce jour de 78 forêts classées étendues sur 3,9 millions d‘ha, soit 14 % du territoire national. Le bois de feu représente 85% du total du PIB de tous les produits ligneux commercialisés dans le pays, suivi Les débats au cours des sessions du forum se focaliseront sur l‘implication du secteur privé dans les investissements pour l‘atténuation et l‘adaptation au changement climatique. Des aperçus et des conseils scientifiques les actions prioritaires, la modélisation climatique et les techniques pour les industries manufacturières locales propres seront également abordés. Pays de savane, le Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire par le bois de service (12%) et le bois d‘œuvre (3%). La consommation annuelle de bois d‘œuvre se chiffre autour de 25 000 m3, dont 93% sont importés des pays voisins, et seulement 7% disponibles sur place. Mais une récente étude du ministère chargé de l‘Environnement prévient qu‘entre 1990 et 2010, le pays a perdu 17,5% de son couvert forestier. On estime qu‘environ 50 000 ha de forêts disparaissent chaque année pour la satisfaction des besoins énergétiques. Cette.déforestation, qui s‘accompagne de perte de la biodiversité (végétale notamment mais aussi animale) et de la dégradation des capacités productives des sols implique aussi la diminution de séquestration du carbone par la végétation mais aussi par les sols et engendre ainsi le rejet de grandes quantité de carbone dans l‘atmosphère. L‘évaluation économique des dommages environnementaux révèle que le coût annuel de la dégradation de l‘environnement au Burkina Faso pour l‘année 2008 est compris entre 18% et 22% du PIB, soit environ 760 milliards de F CFA, indique une source du ministère de l‘Environnement. Saturnin N. COULIBALY (Sidwaya) Page 82 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Sidwaya (Burkina Faso), 27/06/2011 Fonds d‟investissement climatique : Un financement de 30 milliards de dollars attendu pour l‟Afrique ! Au cours d‘une conférence en ligne sur les résultats attendus du Forum 2011 de partenariat sur le Fonds d‘investissement climatique (FIC) prévu les 24 et 25 juin à Cap Town, la directrice énergie, environnement et changement climatique du groupe de la Banque africaine de développement, Mme Hela Cheikhrouhou, a annoncé que cette initiative vise à canaliser les financements pour l‘Afrique. Plus de 400 participants issus de 45 pays dont quinze africains sont réunis à Cap Town (Afrique du Sud), les 24 et 25 juin 2011 pour le forum de partenariat des FIC, co-abrité par la BAD. Ces assises, qui doivent prendre des décisions sur le financement du développement pro-climat à l‘échelle mondiale, se tiennent dans un contexte où le continent se lance résolument dans une croissance verte. Environ 30 milliards de dollars doivent en principe être débloqués par les pays donateurs pour servir cette cause, a-t-on appris. Ces fonds qui seront décaissés suivant une procédure accélérée est une initiative de la BAD qui vise à canaliser les financements pour l‘Afrique, a expliqué la directrice énergie, environnement et changement climatique de l‘institution panafricaine. Très vulnérable, l‘Afrique a besoin de 17 milliards de dollars par an pour son adaptation aux effets du changement climatique, selon la Banque mondiale. Alors que le FIC ne dispose pour l‘instant que d‘un montant global de 6, 5 milliards de dollars. La part de l‘Afrique se chiffre à 2,5 milliards à ce stade pour l‘ensemble des programmespilotes dans les 15 pays. Mais la BAD espère que ces engagements de financements du FIC servent de catalyseur à des financements additionnels de la part des Banques multilatérales de développement (BMD) et d‘autres sources. Ces financements concernent un programme d‘investissement régional et 13 programmes nationaux couvrant, entre autres, l‘énergie renouvelable et l‘efficience énergétique, le transport urbain propre, une planification du développement compatible avec l‘environnement et une gestion durable des forêts. « L‘adaptation coûte de plus en plus chère pour la croissance et le développement économique propres. C‘est pourquoi, il importe que les pays développés interviennent pour aider l‘Afrique à répondre à ces questions », reconnaît Mme Cheikhrouhou. Elle plaide aussi pour que la voix du continent soit entendue tout en exhortant à réfléchir pour lutter contre la désertification et la construction de routes plus résistantes au changement climatique. Car dit-elle, « le rôle de la BAD est de catalyser les meilleurs investissements ». Selon un responsable du bureau local de la BAD au Burkina, la question du développement vert est un domaine prioritaire de l‘institution qui en a consacré une division. LE BURKINA PLAIDE POUR SON PROGRAMME D‟INVESTISSEMENT FORESTIER Les débats au cours des sessions du forum se focaliseront sur l‘implication du secteur privé dans les investissements pour l‘atténuation et l‘adaptation au changement climatique. Des aperçus et des conseils scientifiques les actions prioritaires, la modélisation climatique et les techniques pour les industries manufacturières locales propres seront également abordés. Pays de savane, le Burkina Faso présentera à cette occasion son plan d‘investissement forestier. Elaborée par des experts nationaux, la stratégie définit la vision d‘une nouvelle foresterie. Selon les premières estimations, le plan nécessitera 30 millions de dollars en vue de financer des projets destinés à promouvoir la gestion durable et décentralisée Page 83 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 des forêts. La BAD, de son côté, espère contribuer à hauteur de la moitié du financement requis pour la réalisation du plan. D‘autres pays comme la RDC, le Mozambique, le Maroc, le Niger, etc., bénéficieront de soutiens similaires pour la réalisation de programmes-pilotes. Burkina dispose à ce jour de 78 forêts classées étendues sur 3,9 millions d‘ha, soit 14 % du territoire national. Le bois de feu représente 85% du total du PIB de tous les produits ligneux commercialisés dans le pays, suivi par le bois de service (12%) et le bois d‘œuvre (3%). Le plan d‘investissement forestier du Burkina permettra, en effet, d‘approfondir les expériences réussies en la matière à l‘image du ranch de gibier de Nazinga ou de projets d‘aménagement forestier et de gestion du bois de charbon. La consommation annuelle de bois d‘œuvre se chiffre autour de 25 000 m3, dont 93% sont importés des pays voisins, et seulement 7% disponibles sur place. Mais une récente étude du ministère chargé de l‘Environnement prévient qu‘entre 1990 et 2010, le pays a perdu 17,5% de son couvert forestier. On estime qu‘environ 50 000 ha de forêts disparaissent chaque année pour la satisfaction des besoins énergétiques. La vision de la foresterie définie par le Plan entend intégrer la multifonctionnalité de la forêt en conciliant ses rôles économique, écologique et social. Pays de savane plus ou moins productif (entre 12 et 17m3 par ha), le Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Cette.déforestation, qui s‘accompagne de perte de la biodiversité (végétale notamment mais aussi animale) et de la dégradation des capacités productives des sols implique aussi la diminution de séquestration du carbone par la végétation mais aussi par les sols et engendre ainsi le rejet de grandes quantité de carbone dans l‘atmosphère. L‘évaluation économique des dommages environnementaux révèle que le coût annuel de la dégradation de l‘environnement au Burkina Faso pour l‘année 2008 est compris entre 18% et 22% du PIB, soit environ 760 milliards de F CFA, indique une source du ministère de l‘Environnement. Saturnin N. COULIBALY Les Dépêches de Brazzaville, 05/07/2011 Développement durable : les pays africains sollicitent des financements climatiques accessibles et efficaces Le forum de partenariat 2011 des Fonds d'investissement climatiques (FIC), accueilli par la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), s'est clos début juillet, en montrant la détermination des pays africains à combattre résolument les effets du changement climatique en Afrique Le forum a reconnu que le défi pour ces pays résidait en l'accès à un financement approprié. « Le fait est qu'il est urgent d'améliorer l'accès au financement climatique au niveau nécessaire pour transformer de manière significative l'Afrique et pour mettre en place les mécanismes les mieux à même de répondre aux besoins de l'Afrique », a déclaré Bobby Pittman, viceprésident de la BAD chargé de l'infrastructure, de l'intégration régionale et du secteur privé. arrivés à obtenir des financements au titre des fonds d'investissements climatiques au CAP. Certains pays comme le Maroc, qui ont élaboré leurs propres plans de développement vert, sont Ce projet de grande envergure (165 mégawatt) devrait réduire les Le fonds pour les technologies propres, un des instruments des fonds d'investissements climatiques, a entériné un prêt de 197 millions de dollars pour le projet d'énergie solaire concentrée de Ouarzazate I au Maroc. Page 84 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 coûts de l'énergie solaire et contribuer à créer des milliers d'emplois au Maroc d'ici 2020, notamment en développant une industrie manufacturière locale en énergie renouvelable. Le Maroc travaille en coopération avec la BAD et la Banque mondiale, deux acteurs des Fonds d'investissement climatique, sur ce projet. La BAD a introduit récemment l'énergie solaire concentrée en Afrique subsaharienne à travers une enveloppe financière de 365 millions de dollars destinée à aider l'Afrique du Sud à développer son énergie verte. L'enveloppe financière appuiera l'opérateur électrique public sudafricain, « Eskom », dans la mise en œuvre d'un projet d'énergie renouvelable d'un montant total de 1,3 milliard de dollars. Dans le secteur des forêts, deux plans d'investissement ont été approuvés. Un financement de 32 millions de dollars permettra au Burkina Faso de décentraliser sa gestion forestière durable, d'encourager une protection participative des réserves forestières nationales et d'intégrer le partage des informations. De son côté, la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), Le montage financier comprend avec un financement de 60 un prêt de 265 millions de dollars millions de dollars, essaiera de ainsi que 100 millions de dollars traiter les problèmes de de prêts concessionnels du fonds déforestation et de dégradation pour les technologies propres. forestière et de fournir de petits Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire crédits à des initiatives à petite échelle. Les initiatives visées sont celles s'inscrivant dans le programme « Réduire les émissions de CO2 provenant de la déforestation et de la dégradation des forêts » (REDD+). Le financement permettra également d'inciter le secteur privé à adhérer au programme REDD+. Des initiatives ayant valeur d'exemple ont également été approuvées. Dotées de faibles montants au regard des besoins des pays, ces initiatives pilotes permettent néanmoins de démontrer que des financements concessionnels peuvent aider les pays africains à aller de l'avant dans leur développement proclimat. Page 85 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Horizons (Mauritanie), 05/07/2001 Forum des Fonds d‟investissement climatiques: Le difficile financement de l‟adaptation Page 86 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Page 87 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Deutsch / Español / Sesotho Klimaretter.info (Deutschland), 28 Juny 2011 Frauen wollen mehr Geld für Anpassung Tagung des 'Climate Investment Funds' in Südafrika: Bislang 6,5 Milliarden US-Dollar flosssen seit 2008 in 45 Entwicklungsländer, um dort Anpassungsmaßnahmen an den Klimawandel zu finanzieren. Allerdings zielen 70 Prozent der Mittel auf Großprojekte, weshalb Frauen in ländlichen Regionen oft leer ausgehen. Tagung des Climate Investment Funds (CIF) in Südafrikas Hauptstadt: Auf dem "Partnership Forum" stand eine frauenfreundlichere Klimafinanzierung auf dem Programm. Bereits heute werden in den Entwicklungsländern Millionen US-Dollar für Klimaprojekte aufgebracht. Doch obwohl Frauen die Hauptleidtragenden der Erderwärmung sind, bleiben die finanziellen Mittel für sie meist unerreichbar. Feldarbeit ist in Afrika zumeist Frauensache. Was aber, wenn wegen der Erderwärmung zunehmend die Erträge ausfallen? (Foto: Kristin Palitza/IPS) Bislang stellte der CIF 6,5 Milliarden US-Dollar 45 Entwicklungsländern zur Verfügung, mehr als ein Drittel des Betrags ging an 15 afrikanische Staaten. Die Weltbank hatte den CIF 2008 in Zusammenarbeit mit regionalen Entwicklungsbanken ins Leben gerufenen, um arme Länder im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel zu unterstützen. Der Löwenanteil aber – über 70 Prozent– wurde in Hightech- und Transportprojekte investiert - klassische Männerdomänen. Lediglich 30 Prozent der Mittel flossen in die Finanzierung kleiner Initiativen, die dem ländlichen Raum und somit auch den Frauen zugute kommen. "Auf internationaler Ebene ist zwar viel über die Klimafinanzierung zum Wohl der lokalen Gemeinschaften und Frauen zu hören, doch umgesetzt wird herzlich wenig", erlärt Ange Bukasa von Chezange Connect, einer Organisation zur Förderung von Investitionen in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo. Experten des UNEntwicklungsprogramms (UNDP) warnten auf dem Treffen in Kapstadt, dass der CIF das existierende geschlechtsspezifische Ungleichgewicht noch weiter verstärken könnten. Frauen müsse bei der Entwicklung und Umsetzung von Anpassungsmaßnahmen an die Erderwärmung ein stärkeres Mitspracherecht eingeräumt werden. Doch Mitsprache von Frauen in Klimafragen ist derzeit eher die Ausnahme als die Regel. "Die Verbindung zwischen großen regionalen Institutionen, die die Fonds verwalten, und den Menschen an der Basis, die die Gelder benötigen, fehlt", urteilt Ange Bukasa, die in Katanga im Süden der Demokratischen Republik Kongo mit Bauern zusammenarbeitet.Frauen sind aus der kleinbäuerlichen Landwirtschaft Afrikas nicht wegzudenken. Dennoch werden sie in Klimafragen nicht berücksichtigt. ZUSAGEN FÜR FRAUENFREUNDLICHE PROJEKTE Ein weiteres Problem ist, dass die meisten Menschen in den ländlichen Gebieten des schwarzen Kontinents überhaupt nicht wissen, was der Klimawandel ist und was er speziell für sie bedeutet geschweige denn was sie tun müssen, um ihn aufzuhalten oder abzumildern. "Den Menschen mag das Wort 'Klimawandel' bekannt vorkommen, doch haben sie keinen blassen Schimmer, wie sie sich schützen oder sich überdas Thema informieren können", erläutert Bukasa. Somit Page 88 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 sind sie nicht in der Lage, die Probleme zu analysieren, Lösungsansätze zu finden und für diese dann Gelder beim CIF zu beantragen. Bukasa: "Ihnen bleibt also nichts anderes übrig, als weiterzumachen wie bisher." Doch offenbar ist die Kritik an der Männerlastigkeit des Finanzierung durch den CIF bei den richtigen Stellen angekommen. So kündigten jene internationalen Kreditinstitutionen an, welche den Fonds verwalten, dass sie bei der Bewilligung von Geldern künftig die Interessen von Frauen stärker berücksichtigen wollen. Klimafinanzierung einen höheren Stellenwert einzuräumen", erklärte auf der Tagung Mafalda Duarte, Klimafinanzierungsexpertin bei der Afrikanischen Entwicklungsbank (AfDB), eine jener regionalen Institutionen, die den CIF verwalten. Man werde einen besonderen Fokus auf die Finanzierung von Energieprojekten legen, die das Leben von Frauen und Mädchen nachhaltig verbessern können. Schließlich seien sie es, die in den ländlichen Gebieten für die Wasser- und Holzbeschaffung zuständig sind. Neue Energiesparkocher in "Wir sind entschlossen, Sambia: Das Magazin Geo hatte Frauenfragen bei der Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire recherchiert, wie sich RWE mit diesen Kochsystemen Zertifikate generieren lassen. (Foto: PerAnders Pettersson/GEO) Finanziert werden sollen beispielsweise Solarenergieprojekte, verbesserte Kochöfen, nachhaltige Waldprojekte, Wasserspeicherund Heizsysteme. "Wir werden sicherstellen, dass Frauen Zugang zu den von uns finanzierten Technologien erhalten", betonte Duarte. Allerdings sieht der CIF für Kleinprojekte nur Mittel in einem bescheidenen Umfang vor. Mafalda Duarte forderte deshalb, die Fondsmittel für kleinere Projekte aufzustocken. Aus Kapstadt Kristin Palitza (IPS) IPSNoticias.net, 29 Juño 2011 Microcréditos para adaptarse al cambio climático CIUDAD DEL CABO, jun (IPS) - Sólo cinco por ciento de los proyectos diseñados para adaptarse al cambio climático son ejecutados debido a la escaza disponibilidad de fondos, lo que obliga a hacer un uso eficiente de los recursos. La solución al problema puede estar en el microcrédito. El cambio climático es uno de los mayores desafíos que se conozcan para el desarrollo. Mitigar los efectos del fenómeno en los países en desarrollo puede costar entre 140.000 y 175.000 millones de dólares al año hasta 2030, según el Banco Mundial. La adaptación asciende a entre 75.000 y 100.000 millones de dólares al año entre 2010 y 2050. "La vida cotidiana de las personas de menores ingresos será la más afectada por el cambio climático. Se necesitan soluciones que las incluyan en los grandes proyectos de adaptación", señaló Hela Cheikhrouhou, directora de energía, ambiente y cambio climático del Banco Africano de Desarrollo. Cheikhrouhou dio una conferencia en el Foro de Asociación para Fondos de Inversión Climáticos (CIF, por sus siglas en inglés) 2011, realizado en esta ciudad sudafricana el 24 y 25 de este mes. El CIF, creado por el Banco Mundial y bancos de desarrollo multilaterales regionales, ofrecen asistencia financiera para proyectos de adaptación y mitigación del cambio climático en países en desarrollo. Más de un tercio del fondo de CIF se distribuyó en 15 países africanos, pero son pocos campesinos y las personas más pobres, con mayores dificultades para conseguir dinero, los que se Page 89 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 beneficiaron con esas iniciativas, en gran parte por barreras administrativas. "Necesitamos asegurar fondos para las poblaciones rurales pues se necesitan proyectos contra el cambio climático con aplicaciones prácticas", señaló Victor Kabengele, coordinador de proyectos del Ministerio de Ambiente de República Democrática del Congo También es importante que haya menos papeleo y pocas condiciones, de lo contrario la inclusión de los pobres en proyectos contra el cambio climático seguirá siendo una promesa vacía, señaló Kabengele. "El nombre del juego es dinero y es importante poder acceder al microcrédito", añadió. Pero son pocos los proyectos actuales que ayudan a los pobres africanos a invertir en iniciativas contra el cambio climático. Uno de ellos está gestionado por la Global Partnership on OutputBased Aid (GPOBA), asociación de donantes y organizaciones internacionales que trabajan para facilitar el acceso a servicios básicos. Se trata de una asociación de seis organismos, la agencia de ayuda australiana AusAID, el Banco Mundial y su Corporación Internacional de Finanzas, la agencia para el desarrollo de Suecia, SIDA, el Departamento para el Desarrollo Internacional de Gran Bretaña y la Dirección de Cooperación para el Desarrollo de Holanda. 8.000 hogares rurales que carecían de agua corriente. GPOBA apoya a instituciones financieras en comunidades que carecen de servicios básicos por falta de recursos económicos, como la conexión a programas de electricidad con un uso eficiente de la energía. "Mediante el subsidio, las agencias de microcréditos se animan a otorgar préstamos a los más pobres porque saben que los refinanciaremos en base a resultados pre-acordados. Eso lleva a un mayor crecimiento y que haya inversiones en las comunidades rurales", explicó Hussain. En ese caso, un banco local recibe subsidios para otorgar microcréditos a las comunidades y ayudarlas a comprar sistemas de energía renovables para las viviendas. "Queremos aumentar el acceso a los servicios básicos de las personas más pobres, como infraestructura, tecnología, salud y educación, para que puedan hacer frente a las consecuencias del cambio climático", explicó Mustafa Hussain, especialista de GPOBA. "También pretendemos implementar nuevos mercados en zonas rurales, en especial de tecnología renovables", añadió. GPOBA colaboró en 2010 con el lanzamiento de 131 proyectos con 3.500 millones de dólares aportados por el Banco Mundial y 2.800 millones por los respectivos gobiernos. Casi un tercio de ese dinero fue invertido por el continente africano. En Uganda, por ejemplo, un subsidio facilitó fondos para una empresa privada que opera sistemas de suministro de agua. Eso permitió que la compañía ofreciera agua potable a más de Otra forma exitosa de otorgar fondos a los campesinos es un sistema de transferencia de dinero desarrollado por el operador de telefonía móvil keniata Safaricom. Casi 70 por ciento de los keniatas viven en zonas rurales y tienen dificultades para acceder a bancos o cajeros automáticos y sólo 40 por ciento de los 39 millones de habitantes tienen cuenta bancaria. Pero 83 por ciento de la población tiene un teléfono celular, lo que llevó a Safaricom a ofrecer servicios financieros a través de la iniciativa llamada M-PESA, dinero en swahili. Los clientes pueden pagar cuentas y hacer transferencias de dinero con sus teléfonos así como acceder a otros servicios financieros, como micro-ahorro, microcrédito e incluso microseguros. "Los campesinos se ahorran unas tres horas en promedio por cada transacción al no tener que desplazarse largas distancias hasta la sede de instituciones financieras ni hacer largas colas", Page 90 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 señaló M-PESA, jefa de desarrollo de producto, Japhet Aritho. "También se ahorran unos tres dólares en transporte por cada transacción, que ahora pueden gastar en alimentos y otros rubros", añadió. M-PESA ya tiene 700.000 clientes, los que realizan 90 millones de transacciones por mes. El proyecto también ofrece servicios diseñados específicamente para combatir el cambio climático. Hay un programa para asegurar cultivos en que las primas y las reclamaciones se pueden pagar por teléfono móvil y los agricultores reciben por mensaje de texto información sobre el clima. Otro programa ofrece acceso a bombas de agua que funcionan con energía solar a través de tarjetas inteligentes que se cargan con dinero a través de sus teléfonos móviles. En el foro de CIF, especialistas coincidieron en que las iniciativas financiadas con microcréditos son clave para mitigar y adaptarse al cambio climático. "El acceso al crédito es fundamental. Por ahora, los fondos para el medio rural son relativamente limitados. Necesitamos más", remarcó Kabengele. Por Kristin Palitza Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Lesotho National Broadcast, 24 June 2011 CAPE TOWN –JUNE 24, 2011 LETONA LA LICHELETE LA AFRIKA BOROA, MONGHALI PRAVIN GORDHAN O RE PHETOHO EA MAEMO A LEHOLIMO KE PHEPHETSO E KHOLO E TOBILENG LICHABA TSA LEFATS‘E NAKONG EA JOALE ‗ME E LOKELA HO SEBETSOA KA THATA HORE E SE AME BOPHELO HAMPE. LETONA LE BUILE SENA KAJENO (LABOHLANO) HA LE BULA KA MOLAO ‗MOKA OA BALEKANE TS‘EHETSONG EA MERALO HOLIM‘A PHETOHO EA BOEMO BA LEHOLIMO, O TS‘OARETSOENG MOTSEKAPA, AFRIKA BOROA HO TLOHA KA LABOBELI BEKENG ENA. MONGHALI GORDHAN O SUPILE HORE MEBUSO E LOKELA HO ETSA MAANO A POTLAKILENG, A NEPAHETSENG A NTLAFATSO LE TS‘IRELETSO EA BOPHELO BA BATHO KHAHLANONG LE LITHOLOANE TSE BABANG TSE KA TLISOANG KE PHETOHO EA MAEMO A LEHOLIMO. O TIISITSE SENA KA HO SUPA HORE BATHO BA BUSOANG BA BATLA HO BONA LIKETSO E SENG METHATI E MELELELE EA LITLHOPHISO TSA MERERO EA NTLAFATSO. PHUTHEHO ENA E TS‘OAROA SELEMO LE SELEMO KA TS‘EHETSO EA BANKA EA NTLAFATSO EA AFRIKA, ADB, MOO QETO EA HO TS‘EHETSA MERERO EA LINAHA E ETSOANG HO IPAPISITSOE LE MERERO EA NTLAFATSO LITABENG TSA PHETOHO EA LEHOLIMO. MOTLATSI OA PRESIDENT EA BANKA EA AFRIKA LEFAPHENG MESEBETSI EA MARANG-RANG LE E MEHOLO, INFRASTRUCTURE, MONGHALI BOBBY PITMAN O SUPILE HORE LEFATS‘E LA AFRIKA LE SALETSE MORAO LITABENG TSA PHETOHO EA BOEMO BA LEHOLIMO HO FETA MAFATS‘E A MANG. A RE LEHA HO LE JOALO, MORUO OA AFRIKA O SA NTSANE O TETEMA ‗ME O LOKELA HO TS‘IRELETSOA LE HO NTLAFATSOA E SE RE MAEMO A FETOHANG A LEHOLIMO A O FEKISA. Page 91 / 92 Revue de presse spéciale sur le Forum de partenariat des FIC, 24-25 juin 2011 Special Press Digest on the CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011 Back to headlines / Retour au sommaire Le Groupe de la BAD n’assume aucune responsabilité quant au contenu des articles sélectionnés dans cette revue de presse, destinée exclusivement à l’usage interne du Groupe de la BAD Page 92 sur 92
